TI-2024-29074 Aliases CVE-2024-43428 GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc

Moodle: cache poisoning via injection into storage

LOW 35CWE-345Published 2024-11-07 · Updated 2025-02-10

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-345.

Summary

To address a cache poisoning risk in Moodle, additional validation for local storage was required.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00159 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07

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

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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)	before 4.1.12	4.1.12	Patch available	GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.2.0-beta to before 4.2.9	4.2.9	Patch available	GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.3.0-beta to before 4.3.6	4.3.6	Patch available	GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.2	4.4.2	Patch available	GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc

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 before 4.1.12 Fixed in 4.1.12 Patch available GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0-beta to before 4.2.9 Fixed in 4.2.9 Patch available GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.3.0-beta to before 4.3.6 Fixed in 4.3.6 Patch available GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.2 Fixed in 4.4.2 Patch available GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc

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-2r9m-wg35-rfvc moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.12 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.2.9 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.3.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-43428
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2r9m-wg35-rfvc

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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