5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-20280
Moodle Text Brute Force Injection & Stored XSS
Description

Text-based feedback answers required additional sanitizing to prevent stored XSS and blind SSRF risks in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.

INFO

Published Date :

March 15, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-20280 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20280 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Moodle moodle
1 Fedoraproject fedora

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Сканування за допомогою ПЗ Badmoodle системи дистанційного навчання ДУІТЗ

Updated: 3 months ago
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Born at : June 19, 2024, 7:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 181 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-20280 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-20280 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939037 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939037 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419651 No Types Assigned https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419651 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5.0 up to (excluding) 3.5.17 *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.8.0 up to (excluding) 3.8.8 *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.9.0 up to (excluding) 3.9.5 *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.10.0 up to (excluding) 3.10.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-20280 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-20280 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.29 }} 0.01%

score

0.69166

percentile

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