The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of     the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create     arbitrary folders on the system. (CVE-2023-30943)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to its self-reported version, the Moodle install hosted on the remote host is prior to 4.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by an Arbitrary Folder creation in TinyMCE.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of
    the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create
    arbitrary folders on the system. (CVE-2023-30943)

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-49eb814ccc advisory.

    Fixes for CVE-2023-30943 and CVE-2023-30944.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-0ab503de3d advisory.

    Fixes for CVE-2023-30943 and CVE-2023-30944.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-60a90b6e6a advisory.

    Fixes for CVE-2023-30943 and CVE-2023-30944.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260992	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-30943	Nessus	Misc.	medium
114763	Moodle 4.1.x < 4.1.3 Arbitrary Folder Creation	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
408605	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-22gj-8qj2-fj46)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
408605	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-22gj-8qj2-fj46)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
175382	Fedora 36 : moodle (2023-49eb814ccc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
175381	Fedora 38 : moodle (2023-0ab503de3d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
175379	Fedora 37 : moodle (2023-60a90b6e6a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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