Moodle update for jQuery



Published: 2020-07-21
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-11358
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
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Vendor moodle.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Prototype pollution

EUVDB-ID: #VU18092

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11358

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to prototype pollution. A remote attacker can trick the extend function can into modifying the prototype of Object when the attacker controls part of the structure passed to this function. This can let an attacker add or modify an existing property that will then exist on all objects and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Moodle: 3.8.0 - 3.8.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=407391


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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