SB2019032301 - SSRF in Moodle



SB2019032301 - SSRF in Moodle

Published: March 23, 2019 Updated: January 16, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2019032301
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6970)

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in edit_blog.phpwithin the external RSS feeds management functionalilty. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially specially crafted HTTP request to the application and make the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.