Moodle: tinymce loaders susceptible to arbitrary folder creation

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30943",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Moodle: tinymce loaders susceptible to arbitrary folder creation",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-30943",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-moodle-2023-30943",
        "CVE-2023-30943",
        "GHSA-22gj-8qj2-fj46"
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0ea3d45e04c3d54a3a472ddcb11606b30e227c50"
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          "versions": [
            "v4.1.2",
            "v4.1.1",
            "v4.1.0"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.195007513Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://git.moodle.org",
        "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=446285",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30943.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54TM5H5PDUDYXOQ7X7PPYWP4AJDAE73I/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZBWRVUJF7HI53XCJPJ3YJZPOV5HBRUY/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBFSXRYLT4ICKJVQSRBAOUDMDRVSVBLS/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30943",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188605"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "fedora",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 499264,
  "published_at": "2023-05-02T00:00:00+00:00"
}