Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions <2.4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-6209154
  • published28 Jan 2024
  • disclosed13 May 2022
  • creditPetr Škoda

Introduced: 13 May 2022

CVE-2012-6112  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-918  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 2.4.1 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) due to improper handling of control characters in the GoogleSpell class. An attacker can trigger arbitrary outbound HTTP requests by sending a crafted string containing control characters.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1