CVE-2023-5550

Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments

Published Nov 9, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2887 In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5cvx-cwpx-9rjh Moodle Code Injection vulnerability
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
fedora
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 7:59 AM
Reserved
Oct 12, 2023, 12:50 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 9, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM