Moodle 2.7.x < 2.7.1 XSS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8717

Synopsis

The remote web server is hosting a web application that is vulnerable to multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Description

The remote web server hosts Moodle, an open-source course management system. Versions of Moodle 2.7.x prior to 2.7.1 are exposed to the following vulnerabilities :

- A cross-site scripting vulnerability affects the 'failed login' logs. Log entries of failed login attempts were not filtered correctly. (MSA-14-0030 / CVE-2014-3549)

- A cross-site scripting vulnerability affects error messages generated by scheduled tasks were being presented to admins without correct filtering. (MSA-14-0031 / CVE-2014-3550)

Solution

Upgrade to Moodle version 2.7.1 or later.

See Also

http://moodle.org/security

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264271

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264272

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8717

Family: CGI

Published: 4/20/2015

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:moodle:moodle

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3549, CVE-2014-3550

BID: 68762, 68761