RCE in Moodle

CVE-2013-3630

Moodle through 2.5.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by configuring the aspell pathname and then triggering a spell-check operation within the TinyMCE editor.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.426 (98.7th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2013-3630: held from 0.426 to 0.426.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.426 · newest: 0.426 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Moodle — versions 1.1.1, 1.2.0, 1.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-3630?
CVE-2013-3630 is a vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Code Injection. Published 2013-11-01.
Is CVE-2013-3630 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.