CVE-2013-3630
Moodle through 2.5.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by configuring the aspell pathname and then…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 41.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Moodle through 2.5.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by configuring the aspell pathname and then triggering a spell-check operation within the TinyMCE editor.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Moodle Authenticated Spelling Binary RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/moodle_spelling_binary_rceRank excellentdisclosed 30 Oct 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Moodle - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29324remote, linuxpublished 31 Oct 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.7% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-wxqg-fg7v-mmc6 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/10/30/seven-tricks-and-treats (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/10/30/seven-foss-disclosures-part-one (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164479/Moodle-Authenticated-Spelling-Binary-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2022-5672 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wxqg-fg7v-mmc6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-3630)Record last updated .