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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434315

Description

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

 - The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle
 before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. (CVE-2021-20279)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434315

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

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: Medium

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-2021-20279

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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20279

cwe: CWE-79