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Moodle Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in course management search

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 23, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.8, < 2.8.10
>= 2.9, < 2.9.4
>= 3.0, < 3.0.2

Patched versions

2.8.10
2.9.4
3.0.2

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search_pagination function in course/classes/management_renderer.php in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.10, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted search string.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 22, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Apr 23, 2024
Last updated Apr 23, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-0725

GHSA ID

GHSA-gj2j-ppjq-9pjg

Source code

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