CVE-2021-40693 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Moodle's external database authentication functionality, stemming from a type juggling flaw. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high integrity impact without user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.10.0, < 3.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.11.0, < 3.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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