Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2023-5545

 

Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2023-5545

Published: October 18, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82190
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-2023-5545
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 attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the automatically populated H5P author name. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-5545

Install updates from vendor's website.

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