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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:10

Modified

2025-04-03 14:40

Summary

Details

A command execution vulnerability exists in the default legacy spellchecker plugin in Moodle 3.10. A specially crafted series of HTTP requests can lead to command execution. An attacker must have administrator privileges to exploit this vulnerabilities.

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        "name": "moodle",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/moodle"
      },
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              "introduced": "3.10.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.10.1"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-21809"
  ],
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      "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-moodle-2021-21809",
  "modified": "2025-04-03T14:40:37.652Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:10:39.111Z",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1277"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21809"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0"
}

CVE-2021-21809 (GCVE-0-2021-21809)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-23 21:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:23

Summary

Severity ?

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

CWE

OS command injection

Assigner

talos

References

URL

Tags

	https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164481/Moodl…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Moodle	Affected: Moodle 3.10

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2021-21809 (GCVE-0-2021-21809)

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