CVE-2024-43436 — moodle
HIGHCVE-2024-43436 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) SQL Injection vulnerability in moodle/moodle. A fix is available for moodle/moodle — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Moodle: site administration sql injection via xmldb editor
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-43436.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
moodle/moodle🐘moodle/moodle🐘moodle/moodle🐘moodle/moodleReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A SQL injection risk flaw was found in the XMLDB editor tool available to site administrators.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | all versions | 4.1.12composer require moodle/moodle:^4.1.12 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.2.0-beta&&< 4.2.9 | 4.2.9composer require moodle/moodle:^4.2.9 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.3.0-beta&&< 4.3.6 | 4.3.6composer require moodle/moodle:^4.3.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.4.0-beta&&< 4.4.2 | 4.4.2composer require moodle/moodle:^4.4.2 |
Affected Products
moodlemoodleDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for moodle/moodle, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update moodle/moodle to 4.1.12 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-43436 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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