CVE-2020-10738

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.8 before 3.8.3, 3.7 before 3.7.6, 3.6 before 3.6.10, 3.5 before 3.5.12 and earlier unsupported versions. It was possible to create a SCORM package in such a way that when added to a course, it could be interacted with via web services in order to achieve remote code execution.

Affected products

Moodle: from 3.5 before 3.5.12; from 3.6 before 3.6.10; from 3.7 before 3.7.6; from 3.8 before 3.8.3 — fixed in 3.5.12, 3.6.10, 3.7.6, 3.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Moodle 3.5.12, 3.6.10, 3.7.6, 3.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-68410
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10738
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=403513
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-68410
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10738
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=403513

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