Moodle 4.3.x < 4.3.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114699

Synopsis

Moodle 4.3.x < 4.3.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Moodle install hosted on the remote host is prior to 4.1.16 or 4.3.x prior to 4.3.10 or 4.4.x prior to 4.4.6 or 4.5.x prior to 4.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- An SQL injection risk was identified in the module list filter within course search.

- Additional checks were required to ensure trusttext is applied (when enabled) to glossary entries being restored.

- Insufficient capability checks made it possible to disable badges a user does not have permission to access.

- The upstream RequireJS library was upgraded, which included a security fix.

- The question bank filter required additional sanitizing to prevent a reflected XSS risk.

- Description information displayed in the site administration live log required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.

- The drag-and-drop onto image (ddimageortext) question type required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.

- Tags not expected to be visible to a user could still be discovered by them via the tag search page or in the tags block.

- Separate Groups mode restrictions were not factored into permission checks before allowing viewing or deletion of responses in Feedback activities.

- Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as those with TeX Live installed).

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Moodle version 4.3.10 or later.

See Also

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-79976

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-82896

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-83941

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84003

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84023

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84136

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84145

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84239

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84271

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466141#p1871271

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466142#p1871272

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466143#p1871273

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466144#p1871274

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466145#p1871275

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466147#p1871277

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466148#p1871278

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466149#p1871279

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466150#p1871280

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 114699

Type: remote

Published: 4/10/2025

Updated: 4/10/2025

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38999

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38999, CVE-2025-26525, CVE-2025-26526, CVE-2025-26527, CVE-2025-26528, CVE-2025-26529, CVE-2025-26530, CVE-2025-26531, CVE-2025-26532, CVE-2025-26533

CWE: 1230, 1321, 552, 79, 863, 89

OWASP: 2010-A1, 2010-A2, 2010-A8, 2013-A1, 2013-A3, 2013-A7, 2013-A9, 2017-A1, 2017-A5, 2017-A7, 2017-A9, 2021-A1, 2021-A3, 2021-A6

WASC: Cross-Site Scripting, Insufficient Authorization, SQL Injection

CAPEC: 1, 108, 109, 110, 150, 180, 209, 470, 588, 591, 592, 63, 639, 66, 7, 77, 85

DISA STIG: APSC-DV-000460, APSC-DV-000480, APSC-DV-002490, APSC-DV-002540, APSC-DV-002560, APSC-DV-002630

HIPAA: 164.306(a)(1), 164.306(a)(2), 164.312(a)(1), 164.312(a)(2)(i), 164.312(e)

ISO: 27001-A.13.1.1, 27001-A.13.1.3, 27001-A.13.2.1, 27001-A.14.1.2, 27001-A.14.1.3, 27001-A.14.2.5, 27001-A.18.1.3, 27001-A.6.2.2, 27001-A.9.1.2, 27001-A.9.4.1, 27001-A.9.4.4, 27001-A.9.4.5

NIST: sp800_53-AC-3, sp800_53-AC-4, sp800_53-CM-6b, sp800_53-SI-10

OWASP API: 2019-API7, 2019-API8, 2023-API8

OWASP ASVS: 4.0.2-14.2.1, 4.0.2-5.3.1, 4.0.2-5.3.3, 4.0.2-5.3.4

PCI-DSS: 3.2-2.2, 3.2-6.2, 3.2-6.5, 3.2-6.5.1, 3.2-6.5.7, 3.2-6.5.8