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Moodle XSS In Tag Autocomplete functionality

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 17, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.0, < 2.0.2
< 1.9.11

Patched versions

2.0.2
1.9.11

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the tag autocomplete functionality in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 16, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 17, 2024
Last updated Jan 17, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(53rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2011-4278

GHSA ID

GHSA-6656-6qwx-4c2m

Source code

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