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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-cwhp-rqfr-8462)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421785

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Moodle 3.8, messages required extra sanitizing before updating the conversation overview, to prevent
 the risk of stored cross-site scripting. (CVE-2020-1691)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwhp-rqfr-8462

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421785

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1691

cwe: CWE-79