CVE-2021-21809
Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de ejecución de comandos en el plugin default legacy spellchecker en Moodle versión 3.10. Una serie de peticiones HTTP especialmente diseñadas pueden conllevar a una ejecución de comandos. Un atacante debe tener privilegios de administrador para explotar esta vulnerabilidades
CVSS
- Puntuación base
- 9.1
- Versión
- 3.1
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días
- 24 %
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas
- 98
- Fecha de la puntuación
- 25/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Módulo de Metasploit (exploit fiable y al alcance de cualquiera) · Moodle SpellChecker Path Authenticated Remote Command Execution
- Prueba de concepto en GitHub (no verificada) · Lista de pruebas de concepto en GitHub
⚠️ Las pruebas de concepto de GitHub no están verificadas: algunas son falsas o contienen malware. No las ejecute nunca fuera de un laboratorio aislado.
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-78
Referencias
Mostrar las 4 referencias
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164481/Moodle-SpellChecker-Path-Authenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1277
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164481/Moodle-SpellChecker-Path-Authenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1277
JSON original (NVD)
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