MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-3630

Moodle vulnerability

CVSS
4.6
EPSS
42.6%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Moodle through 2.5.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by configuring the aspell pathname and then triggering a spell-check operation within the TinyMCE editor.
Affected vendor
Moodle
Affected product
Moodle
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-11-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 42.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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  • Confirm whether Moodle Moodle is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-3630.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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