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CVE-2018-1137
An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by…
High8.1EPSS 1.7%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- incorrect access control
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Moodle 3.x unknown
- affected Moodle 3.x unknown
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-vxqh-mx28-7ghw (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- 104307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=371204 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vxqh-mx28-7ghw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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