CVE-2021-40694

Published on: 01/21/2022 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 02/12/2023 10:10:56 PM UTC

CVE-2021-40694

Source: Mitre Source: NIST CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Certain versions of Moodle from Moodle contain the following vulnerability:

Insufficient escaping of the LaTeX preamble made it possible for site administrators to read files available to the HTTP server system account.

  • CVE-2021-40694 has been assigned by URL Logo [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 4.9 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
NETWORK LOW HIGH NONE
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED HIGH NONE NONE

CVE References

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2043421 – (CVE-2021-40694) CVE-2021-40694 moodle: arbitrary file read by site administrators via LaTeX preamble bugzilla.redhat.com
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 URL Logo MISC bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043421
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Exploit/POC from Github

Insufficient escaping of the LaTeX preamble made it possible for site administrators to read files available to the H…

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationMoodleMoodleAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

Social Mentions

Source Title Posted (UTC)
Twitter Icon @management_sun IT Risk:Moodleに複数の脆弱性 Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) CVE-2021-40695 CVE-2021-40694 CVE-2021-40693 CVE-202… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2021-09-21 00:43:03
Twitter Icon @management_sun IT Risk:Multiple vulnerabilities in Moodle Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) CVE-2021-40695 CVE-2021-40694 C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2021-09-21 00:43:32
Twitter Icon @CVEreport CVE-2021-40694 : Insufficient escaping of the LaTeX preamble made it possible for site administrators to read files… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2022-01-21 19:46:24
Reddit Logo Icon /r/netcve CVE-2021-40694 2022-01-21 20:42:13
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