Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Moodle CMS (CVE-2024-37674)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Moodle CMS (CVE-2024-37674). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Moodle CMS v3.10 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the Field Name (name parameter) of a new activity.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-37674 has been found in Moodle CMS.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Moodle CMS CVE-2024-37674" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-37674 (Moodle CMS) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Moodle CMS.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Moodle CMS.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Moodle CMS を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit github.com
- web moodle.com