CVE-2021-36394 (GCVE-0-2021-36394)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-06 15:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Moodle, a remote code execution risk was identified in the Shibboleth authentication plugin.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 15:30 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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