CVE-2014-3543 Moodle Arbitrary File Read via XML External Entity vulnerability

What is CVE-2014-3543?

CVE-2014-3543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 29 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

mod/imscp/locallib.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a package with a manifest file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue affecting IMSCP resources and the IMSCC format.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3543?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3543?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.11, 2.5.7, 2.6.4 or 2.7.1.

Is CVE-2014-3543 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle

• CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-27j2-c838-c3qg.