Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Moodle - CVE-2019-6970
Published: March 23, 2019 / Updated: January 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18063
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6970
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle
Moodle
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6970
Install update from vendor's website.