Medium severity · published Mar 23, 2023
CVE-2023-28330
Moodle: authenticated arbitrary file read through malformed backup file
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient sanitizing in backup resulted in an arbitrary file read risk. The capability to access this feature is only available to teachers, managers and admins by default.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
after 3.9.0 before 3.9.20; after 3.11.0 before 3.11.13; after 4.0.0 before 4.0.7; 3.9.0; 3.11.0; 4.0.0; +2 more · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28330
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28330
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179412
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QZN34VSF4HTCW3C3ZP2OZYSLYUKADPF/
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=445062
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