CVE-2023-28330 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Insufficient sanitizing in backup resulted in an arbitrary file read risk. The capability to access this feature is only available to teachers, managers and admins by default.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Moodle	Moodle

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.9.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.11.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.0.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.1.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.1.1:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179412
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QZN34VSF4HTCW3C3ZP2OZYSLYUKADPF/
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=445062

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:24.640Z

Reserved: 2023-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28330

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:24.640Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-23T21:15:19.927

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:54:51.513

Link: CVE-2023-28330

Redhat

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