High severity · published May 21, 2020
CVE-2020-10738
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions
8.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions. It was possible to create a SCORM package in such a way that when added to a course, it could be interacted with via web services in order to achieve remote code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
3.5 before 3.5.12; 3.6 before 3.6.10; 3.7 before 3.7.6; 3.8 before 3.8.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10738
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10738
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-68410
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10738
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=403513
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