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Moodle Reflected XSS in mod_data advanced search

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 26, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.7, < 2.7.13
>= 2.8, < 2.8.11
>= 2.9, < 2.9.5
>= 3.0, < 3.0.3

Patched versions

2.7.13
2.8.11
2.9.5
3.0.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the advanced-search feature in mod_data in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted field in a URL, as demonstrated by a search form field.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 22, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 26, 2024
Last updated Jan 26, 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-2016-2153

GHSA ID

GHSA-mj85-3hqq-r6r9

Source code

Credits

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