Medium severity · published Jan 22, 2018
CVE-2018-1042
Moodle 3.x has Server Side Request Forgery in the filepicker
6.5
CVSS
16.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Moodle 3.x has Server Side Request Forgery in the filepicker.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)16.2% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
through 3.1.9; 3.2.0; 3.2.1; 3.2.2; 3.2.3; 3.2.4; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1042
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153766/Moodle-Filepicker-3.5.2-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102752
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=364381
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