Unscored severity · published Sep 16, 2013
CVE-2013-5674
badges/external.php in Moodle 2.5.x before 2.5.2 does not properly handle an object obtained by unserializing a description of an external badge, which allows remote attackers to…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
badges/external.php in Moodle 2.5.x before 2.5.2 does not properly handle an object obtained by unserializing a description of an external badge, which allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by overwriting the value of the userid parameter.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
2.5.0; 2.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5674
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5674
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-40924
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=238397
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