CVE-2021-40694

MEDIUM

moodle < 3.9.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via LaTeX Preamble

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Insufficient escaping of the LaTeX preamble made it possible for site administrators to read files available to the HTTP server system account.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043421

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 65.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-116
Status published
Products (2)
moodle/moodle < 3.9.10
moodle/moodle 3.9 - 3.9.10Packagist
Published Sep 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026