Vulnerability · Published Feb 17, 2023 · Assigned by fedora

CVE-2023-23922Moodle: reflected xss risk in blog search

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in moodle. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in blog search. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website. This flaw allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistmoodle/moodle4.0.6GHSA-grmj-gpwm-98ww
Packagistmoodle/moodle4.1.1GHSA-grmj-gpwm-98ww

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
moodle 4.1.0 – before 4.1.14.0.0 – before 4.0.6

Weakness: CWE-79

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