MSA-19-0011: Open redirect in upload cohorts page

by Michael Hawkins. The form to upload cohorts contained a redirect field, which was not restricted to internal URLs.Severity/Risk:MinorVersions affected:3.6 to 3.6.3, 3.5 to 3.5.5, 3.4 to 3.4.8, 3.1 to 3.1.17 and earlier unsupported versionsVersions fixed:3.7, 3.6.4, 3.5.6, 3.4.9 and 3.1.18Reported by:Lindon WassCVE identifier:CVE-2019-10133Changes (master):http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-64708Tracker issue:MDL-64708 Open redirect in upload More info: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=386523&parent=1557997

MSA-19-0010: All messaging conversations could be viewed

by Michael Hawkins. A web service fetching messages was not restricted to the current users conversations.Severity/Risk:SeriousVersions affected:3.6 to 3.6.3Versions fixed:3.7, 3.6.4Reported by:Mazen GamalWorkaround:Disable the messaging system until the fix is applied.CVE identifier:CVE-2019-10132Changes (master):http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-65365Tracker issue:MDL-65365 All messaging conversations could be viewed More info: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=386521&parent=1557995

Bluehost, Sitelock, SSL, and .htaccess

https://perishablepress.com/bluehost-sitelock/ Apparently, Bluehost partnered with a company called SiteLock sometime last year. Supposedly Sitelock is a “website scanner that proactively checks for malicious threats and vulnerabilities”. I guess the service operates on Bluehost servers, and today they sent a scary email letting me know that “malware was detected” on my Bluehost site. Here’s the thing […] More info: https://perishablepress.com/bluehost-sitelock/

Podcast Episode 14: Interview with Trauma Surgeon and Plugin Dev Andy Fragen

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/05/podcast-episode-14-interview-with-trauma-surgeon-and-plugin-dev-andy-fragen/ Dr. Andy Fragen is a trauma/acute care surgeon as well as a prolific WordPress plugin author. One of his plugins, GitHub Updater, allows you to host WordPress plugins and themes on GitHub instead of WordPress.org. Andy supports numerous WordCamps and is an active member of the WordPress community in southern California. I had […] More info: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/05/podcast-episode-14-interview-with-trauma-surgeon-and-plugin-dev-andy-fragen/

DSA-4444 linux – security update

Multiple researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in the way theIntel processor designs have implemented speculative forwarding of datafilled into temporary microarchitectural structures (buffers). Thisflaw could allow an attacker controlling an unprivileged process toread sensitive information, including from the kernel and all otherprocesses running on the system or cross guest/host boundaries to readhost memory. More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4444
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