CVE-2023-30943

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    CVE-2023-30943

    Published: 2 May 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Moodle: tinymce loaders susceptible to arbitrary folder creation

    Details: The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system.

    References: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-77718, https://git.moodle.org, https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=446285, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30943.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54TM5H5PDUDYXOQ7X7PPYWP4AJDAE73I/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZBWRVUJF7HI53XCJPJ3YJZPOV5HBRUY/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBFSXRYLT4ICKJVQSRBAOUDMDRVSVBLS/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30943, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188605

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0ea3d45e04c3d54a3a472ddcb11606b30e227c50
    Fixed -b2d07127484b34fa1489ccf554087dd7335ea396

    Affected versions

    v4.1.2
    v4.1.1
    v4.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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