# CVE-2023-5544: Moodle: stored xss and potential idor risk in wiki comments

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into wiki comments, leading to stored XSS and potential unauthorized data access via IDOR.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** BIT-moodle-2023-5544, GHSA-j5xf-gv89-g422, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5544

## What is CVE-2023-5544?

CVE-2023-5544 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Wiki comments required additional sanitizing and access restrictions to prevent a stored XSS risk and potential IDOR risk.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5544?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle and moodle. It affects 3 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `moodle/moodle` | Packagist | All versions | 4.3.0-rc2 |
| `moodle/moodle` | Packagist | All versions | 4.3.0-rc2 |
| `moodle` | Bitnami | From 3.9.0 | 3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3 |

Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5544?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to 4.3.0-rc2 or later.

## Is CVE-2023-5544 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2024-4947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4947/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4671/): Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5544 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5544 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- moodle/moodle (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 4.3.0-rc2
- moodle/moodle (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 4.3.0-rc2
- moodle (Bitnami): affected from 3.9.0; fixed in 3.9.24, 3.11.17, 4.0.11, 4.1.6, 4.2.3

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5544/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5544/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5544
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5544
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5544

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5544/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.