CVE-2021-20185 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-20185

It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7...

Vulnerability Description

It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that messaging did not impose a character limit when sending messages, which could result in client-side (browser) denial of service for users receiving very large messages.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

moodle
Vulnerable Versions:
moodle 3.10.1, moodle 3.9.4, moodle 3.8.7, moodle 3.5.16

Timeline

Official Publish: January 28th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)