CVE-2024-34004
MEDIUMCVE-2024-34004 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in moodle/moodle. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2024-34004 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
moodle: authenticated LFI risk in some misconfigured shared hosting environments via modified mod_wiki backup
Blast Radius
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Description
In a shared hosting environment that has been misconfigured to allow access to other users' content, a Moodle user with both access to restore wiki modules and direct access to the web server outside of the Moodle webroot could execute a local file include.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.3.0&&< 4.3.4 | 4.3.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.2.0&&< 4.2.7 | 4.2.7 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | all versions | 4.1.10 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for moodle/moodle. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update moodle/moodle to 4.3.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-34004 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2024-34004 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2024-34004. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-34004 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2024-34004 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.