Moodle: Moodle spellchecker plugin command execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-21809)
9
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
06/23/2021
07/09/2021
07/08/2021
11/26/2021
Description
A command execution vulnerability exists in the default legacy spellchecker plugin in Moodle 3.10. A specially crafted series of HTTP requests can lead to command execution. An attacker must have administrator privileges to exploit this vulnerabilities.
Solution(s)
- moodle-upgrade-latest
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