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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-2jcw-r79x-4r5v)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432746

Description

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

 - access.php in the Lesson module in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.2 does not set the RISK_XSS bit for graders,
 which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted essay
 feedback. (CVE-2015-0216)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jcw-r79x-4r5v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432746

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0216

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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0216

BID: 72657

cwe: CWE-79