CVE-2021-36393 — Vulnerability in moodle/moodle — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Moodle SQL Injection vulnerability

Published March 6, 2023Updated December 6, 2023Source: osv

Summary

In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses.

Advisory Timeline

First published March 6, 2023 (1316 days ago).
Last revised December 6, 2023 — 274 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update moodle/moodle to 3.10.5 or later

composer require "moodle/moodle:^3.10.5"

Composer

Update moodle/moodle to 3.11.1 or later

composer require "moodle/moodle:^3.11.1"

Composer

Update moodle/moodle to 3.9.8 or later

composer require "moodle/moodle:^3.9.8"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (3)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
moodle/moodle	packagist	v3.10.0, v3.10.0-beta, v3.10.0-rc1, v3.10.0-rc2 (+4 more)	3.10.5
moodle/moodle	packagist	v3.11.0, v3.11.0-beta, v3.11.0-rc1, v3.11.0-rc2	3.11.1
moodle/moodle	packagist	v2.3.10, v2.3.11, v2.3.4, v2.3.5 (+251 more)	3.9.8

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-89
SQL InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36393
ADVISORY
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
PACKAGE
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=424798
WEB

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-36393?: Moodle SQL Injection vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2021-36393?: CVE-2021-36393 affects moodle/moodle. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2021-36393 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-f46j-r7q3-6cm2

BIT-moodle-2021-36393

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