Moodle 2.8.x < 2.8.10 / 2.9.x < 2.9.4 / 3.0.x < 3.0.2 XSS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9192

Synopsis

The remote web server is hosting a web application that is vulnerable to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack.

Description

Moodle, an open-source course management system, installed on the remote host is version 2.8.x prior to 2.8.10, or 2.9.x prior to 2.9.4, or 3.0.x prior to 3.0.2, and is affected by a flaw that allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the '/moodle/course/management.php' script does not validate the 'search' parameter before returning it to users. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.

Solution

Upgrade to Moodle version 3.0.2 or later. If 3.0.x cannot be obtained, versions 2.9.4 or 2.8.10 have also been patched for these issues.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9192

Family: CGI

Published: 4/8/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:moodle:moodle

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0725

Detections

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