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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-wxqg-fg7v-mmc6)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437317

Description

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

 - Moodle through 2.5.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by
 configuring the aspell pathname and then triggering a spell-check operation within the TinyMCE editor.
 (CVE-2013-3630)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxqg-fg7v-mmc6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437317

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3630

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2013

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Moodle Authenticated Spelling Binary RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3630

BID: 63449

cwe: CWE-94