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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2016-5013 EUVD-2022-1991GHSA-2hh3-jmv8-5fmx

Moodle Does Not Escape Characters In Email Headers

Published Jan 20, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, text injection can occur in email headers, potentially leading to outbound spam.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS moodle No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS moodle No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.1, < 3.1.1 3.1.1 GHSA-2hh3-jmv8-5fmx
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 3.0, < 3.0.5 3.0.5 GHSA-2hh3-jmv8-5fmx
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 2.9, < 2.9.7 2.9.7 GHSA-2hh3-jmv8-5fmx
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 2.8, <= 2.8.12 — GHSA-2hh3-jmv8-5fmx
Packagist moodle/moodle >= 2.7, < 2.7.15 2.7.15 GHSA-2hh3-jmv8-5fmx

References