CVE-2014-9059

Description

lib/setup.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide charset information in HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF-7 characters during interaction with AJAX scripts.

References

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275146

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71133

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47966

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3