Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2014-3542

 

Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2014-3542

Published: July 29, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41452
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3542
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

mod/lti/service.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-3542

Install update from vendor's website.

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