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Products by Moodle Sorted by Most Security Vulnerabilities since 2018
By the Year
In 2024 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in Moodle . Last year Moodle had 46 security vulnerabilities published. Right now, Moodle is on track to have less security vulnerabilities in 2024 than it did last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 46 | 6.34 |
| 2022 | 46 | 6.40 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5.94 |
| 2020 | 20 | 6.58 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5.98 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6.58 |
It may take a day or so for new Moodle vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Moodle Security Vulnerabilities
When duplicating a BigBlueButton activity, the original meeting ID was also duplicated instead of using a new ID for the new activity
CVE-2023-5543
3.3 - Low
- November 09, 2023
When duplicating a BigBlueButton activity, the original meeting ID was also duplicated instead of using a new ID for the new activity. This could provide unintended access to the original meeting.
Wiki comments required additional sanitizing and access restrictions to prevent a stored XSS risk and potential IDOR risk.
CVE-2023-5544
5.4 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
Wiki comments required additional sanitizing and access restrictions to prevent a stored XSS risk and potential IDOR risk.
XSS
ID numbers displayed in the quiz grading report required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.
CVE-2023-5546
5.4 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
ID numbers displayed in the quiz grading report required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.
XSS
Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage
CVE-2023-5549
5.3 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
Insufficient web service capability checks made it possible to move categories a user had permission to manage, to a parent category they did not have the capability to manage.
Improper Privilege Management
The course upload preview contained an XSS risk for users uploading unsafe data.
CVE-2023-5547
6.1 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
The course upload preview contained an XSS risk for users uploading unsafe data.
XSS
The CSV grade import method contained an XSS risk for users importing the spreadsheet
CVE-2023-5541
6.1 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
The CSV grade import method contained an XSS risk for users importing the spreadsheet, if it contained unsafe content.
XSS
Stronger revision number limitations were required on file serving endpoints to improve cache poisoning protection.
CVE-2023-5548
5.3 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
Stronger revision number limitations were required on file serving endpoints to improve cache poisoning protection.
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group
CVE-2023-5542
4.3 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
Students in "Only see own membership" groups could see other students in the group, which should be hidden.
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
H5P metadata automatically populated the author with the user's username
CVE-2023-5545
5.3 - Medium
- November 09, 2023
H5P metadata automatically populated the author with the user's username, which could be sensitive information.
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
In a shared hosting environment
CVE-2023-5550
9.8 - Critical
- November 09, 2023
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.
Separate Groups mode restrictions were not honoured in the forum summary report, which would display users
CVE-2023-5551
3.3 - Low
- November 09, 2023
Separate Groups mode restrictions were not honoured in the forum summary report, which would display users from other groups.
A remote code execution risk was identified in the Lesson activity
CVE-2023-5539
8.8 - High
- November 09, 2023
A remote code execution risk was identified in the Lesson activity. By default this was only available to teachers and managers.
Code Injection
A remote code execution risk was identified in the IMSCP activity
CVE-2023-5540
8.8 - High
- November 09, 2023
A remote code execution risk was identified in the IMSCP activity. By default this was only available to teachers and managers.
Code Injection
Moodle 4.3 allows /grade/report/grader/index.php?searchvalue= reflected XSS when logged in as a teacher
CVE-2023-46858
5.4 - Medium
- October 29, 2023
Moodle 4.3 allows /grade/report/grader/index.php?searchvalue= reflected XSS when logged in as a teacher. NOTE: the Moodle Security FAQ link states "Some forms of rich content [are] used by teachers to enhance their courses ... admins and teachers can post XSS-capable content, but students can not."
XSS
An issue in the logic used to check 0.0.0.0 against the cURL blocked hosts lists resulted in an SSRF risk
CVE-2023-35133
7.5 - High
- June 22, 2023
An issue in the logic used to check 0.0.0.0 against the cURL blocked hosts lists resulted in an SSRF risk. This flaw affects Moodle versions 4.2, 4.1 to 4.1.3, 4.0 to 4.0.8, 3.11 to 3.11.14, 3.9 to 3.9.21 and earlier unsupported versions.
XSPA
Content on the groups page required additional sanitizing to prevent an XSS risk
CVE-2023-35131
6.1 - Medium
- June 22, 2023
Content on the groups page required additional sanitizing to prevent an XSS risk. This flaw affects Moodle versions 4.2, 4.1 to 4.1.3, 4.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.11 to 3.11.14.
XSS
A limited SQL injection risk was identified on the Mnet SSO access control page
CVE-2023-35132
6.3 - Medium
- June 22, 2023
A limited SQL injection risk was identified on the Mnet SSO access control page. This flaw affects Moodle versions 4.2, 4.1 to 4.1.3, 4.0 to 4.0.8, 3.11 to 3.11.14, 3.9 to 3.9.21 and earlier unsupported versions.
SQL Injection
Moodle 3.10.1 is vulnerable to persistent/stored cross-site scripting (XSS) due to the improper input sanitization on the "Additional HTML Section"
CVE-2021-27131
5.4 - Medium
- May 16, 2023
Moodle 3.10.1 is vulnerable to persistent/stored cross-site scripting (XSS) due to the improper input sanitization on the "Additional HTML Section" via "Header and Footer" parameter in /admin/settings.php. This vulnerability is leading an attacker to steal admin and all user account cookies by storing the malicious XSS payload in Header and Footer. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because the "Additional HTML Section" for "Header and Footer" can only be supplied by an administrator, who is intentionally allowed to enter unsanitized input (e.g., site-specific JavaScript).
XSS
The vulnerability was found Moodle
CVE-2023-30944
7.3 - High
- May 02, 2023
The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in external Wiki method for listing pages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute limited SQL commands within the application database.
SQL Injection
The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application
CVE-2023-30943
5.3 - Medium
- May 02, 2023
The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system.
Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere