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CVE-2021-3943 (GCVE-0-2021-3943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-22 15:59 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
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Summary
A flaw was found in Moodle in versions 3.11 to 3.11.3, 3.10 to 3.10.7, 3.9 to 3.9.10 and earlier unsupported versions. A remote code execution risk when restoring backup files was identified.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a moodle Affected: moodle 3.11.4, moodle 3.10.8 and moodle 3.9.11
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