TI-2024-29073 Aliases CVE-2024-43427 GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m

Moodle: admin presets export tool includes some secrets that should not be exported

LOW 18CWE-922Published 2024-11-11 · Updated 2024-11-12

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-922.

Summary

A flaw was found in moodle. When creating an export of site administration presets, some sensitive secrets and keys are not being excluded from the export, which could result in them unintentionally being leaked if the presets are shared with a third party.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00337 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed moodle: 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6 +1moodle/moodle (Packagist): 4.4.2, 4.3.6, 4.2.9 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	moodle	before 4.1.12; 4.2 to before 4.2.9; 4.3 to before 4.3.6; 4.4 to before 4.4.2	4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6, 4.4.2	Patch available	CNA
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.4.0 to before 4.4.2	4.4.2	Patch available	GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.3.0 to before 4.3.6	4.3.6	Patch available	GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.2.0 to before 4.2.9	4.2.9	Patch available	GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	before 4.1.12	4.1.12	Patch available	GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m

moodle Vendor— Affected before 4.1.12; 4.2 to before 4.2.9; 4.3 to before 4.3.6; 4.4 to before 4.4.2 Fixed in 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6, 4.4.2 Patch available CNA
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.4.0 to before 4.4.2 Fixed in 4.4.2 Patch available GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.3.0 to before 4.3.6 Fixed in 4.3.6 Patch available GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0 to before 4.2.9 Fixed in 4.2.9 Patch available GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.12 Fixed in 4.1.12 Patch available GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::	before 4.1.12; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.9; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.6; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.2	Vulnerable	Moodle

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.12; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.9; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.6; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.2 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

Fix · CNA moodle Fixed in 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6, 4.4.2
Fix · GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.3.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.2.9 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.12 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-43427
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpq5-56jj-vf2m

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

TI-2024-22468 moodle: unsafe direct use of $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] in admin/tool/mfa/index.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-14741 In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-29071 Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2016-06653 Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-00259 SQL injection in moodle CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-16116 Path traversal in Moodle CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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