CVE-2021-40694
MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: January 21, 2022 at 06:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMoodle
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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
Insufficient escaping of the LaTeX preamble made it possible for site administrators to read files available to the HTTP server system account.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.9.9v < 3.9.103.10.0 ≤ v < 3.10.73.11.0 ≤ v < 3.11.3
Affected range stops below 3.10.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.9.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043421CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-116
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