CVE-2023-5550

criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.62% (76th) EPSS
CVSS 9.8 · critical
Is it mine?
24 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.5–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · patrick@puiterwijk.orgexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.5
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USCWE-94USCWE-94US
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affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2701Moodle: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-17csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Moodle ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.

  • GHSA-5cvx-cwpx-9rjhMoodle Code Injection vulnerability2023-11-09ghsa · osvUS

    In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.

  • BIT-moodle-2023-5550Moodle: rce due to lfi risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user who also has direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could utilise a local file include to achieve remote code execution.

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also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-11-09modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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