High severity · published Jun 18, 2024
CVE-2024-38275
moodle: HTTP authorization header is preserved between "emulated redirects"
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The cURL wrapper in Moodle retained the original request headers when following redirects, so HTTP authorization header information could be unintentionally sent in requests to redirect URLs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
4.4; 4.3 through 4.3.4; 4.2 through 4.2.7; 4.1 through 4.1.10 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38275
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38275
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=459500
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