CVE-2009-1171
The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 6.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Moodle < 1.6.9/1.7.7/1.8.9/1.9.5 - File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8297webapps, phppublished 27 Mar 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8297 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- 34600 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1761 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 8297 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- USN-791-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20090327 Moodle: Sensitive File Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35570 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34278 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3280 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34557 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 34517 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1171 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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