CVE-2024-43437Network attack vector

Script execution via unsanitized backup metadata

Published Nov 11, 2024 · Updated Mar 13, 2025

Stored XSS in Moodle LMS allows remote attackers to execute script in a restorer's browser through a malicious course backup file. The backup_details renderer inserts release, site, course, section, and activity metadata into HTML without the escaping and formatting added by the fix. Exploitation requires a user with course-restore permission to process the attacker-supplied backup metadata, enabling script execution in that user's browser.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.35%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Moodle LMS allows remote attackers to execute script in a restorer's browser through a malicious course backup file. The backup_details renderer inserts release, site, course, section, and activity metadata into HTML without the escaping and formatting added by the fix. Exploitation requires a user with course-restore permission to process the attacker-supplied backup metadata, enabling script execution in that user's browser.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-43437
Published
Nov 11, 2024
Updated
Mar 13, 2025
Vendor
Moodle
Product
Moodle LMS
Classifications
CWE-79, T1204.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <4.1.12
  2. Affected versionversion=4.2 <4.2.9
  3. Affected versionversion=4.3 <4.3.6
  4. Affected versionversion=4.4 <4.4.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Moodle · Moodle LMSversion=0 <4.1.12; version=4.2 <4.2.9; version=4.3 <4.3.6; version=4.4 <4.4.2

Published CVSS scores

6.1NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.4Fedora ProjectCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
1.3GitHubCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1204.002Malicious File

Public exploit references

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