Moodle < 1.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22364

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that suffers from multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Moodle fails to sanitize user-supplied input to a number of parameters and scripts. An attacker can leverage these issues to launch SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks against the affected application.

Solution

Upgrade to Moodle version 1.6.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446227/30/0/threaded

https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Release_Notes#Moodle_1.6.2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22364

File Name: moodle_162.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/15/2006

Updated: 6/6/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:moodle:moodle

Required KB Items: www/PHP, installed_sw/Moodle

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4784, CVE-2006-4785, CVE-2006-4786

BID: 19995, 20085

CWE: 89