UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30943

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-30943
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30943.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30943
Upstream
Published
2023-05-02T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:15Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / moodle

Package

Name
moodle
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.9+dfsg-1
2.7.10+dfsg-1
2.7.11+dfsg-1
2.7.11+dfsg-2
2.7.12+dfsg-1

3.*

3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "moodle"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / moodle

Package

Name
moodle
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "moodle"
        }
    ]
}