Moodle LFI RCE in Misconfigured Shared Hosting
CVE-2023-5550 Published on November 9, 2023
Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-5550 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 6 days later.
Weakness Type
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2023-5550 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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