Critical severity · published Mar 6, 2023
CVE-2021-36394
In Moodle, a remote code execution risk was identified in the Shibboleth authentication plugin
9.8
CVSS
7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Moodle, a remote code execution risk was identified in the Shibboleth authentication plugin.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.0% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
before 3.9.8; 3.10.0 before 3.10.5; 3.11.0 before 3.11.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36394
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36394
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=424799
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