Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2020-10738

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Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2020-10738

Published: May 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27979
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10738
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing SCORM packages. A remote user can upload a specially crafted SCORM package that once added to a course will communicate with a web service and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

Moodle
Fedora
moodle

How to mitigate CVE-2020-10738

Install updates from vendor's website.

Moodle - addressed in versions 3.5.12, 3.6.10, 3.7.6, 3.8.3
moodle - addressed in versions 3.6.10-1.fc30, 3.7.6-1.fc31, 3.8.3-1.fc32

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