Medium severity · published Mar 22, 2024
CVE-2024-28593
The Chat activity in Moodle 4.3.3 allows students to insert a potentially unwanted HTML A element or IMG element, or HTML content that leads to a performance degradation
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Chat activity in Moodle 4.3.3 allows students to insert a potentially unwanted HTML A element or IMG element, or HTML content that leads to a performance degradation. NOTE: the vendor's Using_Chat page says "If you know some HTML code, you can use it in your text to do things like insert images, play sounds or create different coloured and sized text." This page also says "Chat is due to be removed from standard Moodle."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
4.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28593
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28593
Product
https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/Using_Chat
Third Party Advisory
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/minendie/4f23174687bc4d8eb7f727d9959b5399/raw/9ce573cebcce5521d9d6f826ab68f3780036b874/CVE-2024-28593.txt
Not Applicable
https://medium.com/%40lamscun/how-do-i-change-htmli-from-low-to-critical-your-email-box-is-safe-e7171efd88fe
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