CVE-2020-10738
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions. It was possible to create a SCORM package in such a way that when added to a course, it could be interacted with via web services in order to achieve remote code execution.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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affected products (17)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-vr6v-g96p-cjc3Moodle vulnerable to RCE2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions. It was possible to create a SCORM package in such a way that when added to a course, it could be interacted with via web services in order to achieve remote code execution.
- BIT-moodle-2020-107382024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions. It was possible to create a SCORM package in such a way that when added to a course, it could be interacted with via web services in order to achieve remote code execution.
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references (13)
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- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-68410cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10738cnnvd
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=403513cnnvd
- https://moodle.org/security/index.php?lang=urPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10738cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/moodle-code-execution-via-SCORM-32303cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1767/cnnvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-68410enisa_euvd
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