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CVE-2023-30943

Moodle: tinymce loaders susceptible to arbitrary folder creation

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:55 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraMoodleExtra Packages for Enterprise Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

Description

The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
7.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
363738
Moodle· Moodle
95%
4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.3
Affected range stops below 4.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (6)

Patch
Source: [email protected]
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-77718
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188605
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54TM5H5PDUDYXOQ7X7PPYWP4AJDAE73I/
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZBWRVUJF7HI53XCJPJ3YJZPOV5HBRUY/
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBFSXRYLT4ICKJVQSRBAOUDMDRVSVBLS/
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=446285

CVSS

5.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-73CWE-610

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