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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-1756
CVE-2020-1756:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2020-1756 affects Moodle versions before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, 3.6.9 and 3.5.11, where insufficient input escaping was applied to the PHP unit webrunner admin tool (NVD, Moodle Forum).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input escaping in the PHP unit webrunner admin tool. This issue was classified with CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) and was rated as having Minor severity (NVD CVMAP, Moodle Forum).
Impact
The vulnerability may provide limited CLI access to Moodle site admins. This could be considered a security risk in circumstances where admins do not ordinarily have access to the server CLI and/or in hosting situations where site admins are not considered trusted users (Moodle Forum).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in Moodle versions 3.8.2, 3.7.5, 3.6.9 and 3.5.11. Additionally, the PHP unit webrunner tool was scheduled to be removed entirely from Moodle 3.9 (Moodle Forum).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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