CVE-2009-4301

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

mnet/lib.php in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7, when MNET services are enabled, does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated servers to execute arbitrary MNET functions.

Affected products

Moodle: 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.7 (+9)

References

http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/mnet/lib.php?r1=1.16.2.10&r2=1.16.2.11
http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/mnet/lib.php?r1=1.9.2.7&r2=1.9.2.8
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.11_release_notes
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.7_release_notes
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=139106
http://secunia.com/advisories/37614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37244
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3455
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00704.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00730.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00751.html
http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/mnet/lib.php?r1=1.16.2.10&r2=1.16.2.11

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