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A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 2.1.1 (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing in the library message/lib.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in message/lib.php in Moodle through 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.7, and 2.5.x before 2.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted message.
The weakness was disclosed 11/26/2013 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is available at git.moodle.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-4523 since 06/12/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
By approaching the search of inurl:message/lib.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12837 (Moodle Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (89231). The entries 11604, 11605, 11606 and 11607 are pretty similar.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Patch: git.moodle.org
Timeline
06/12/2013 🔍11/25/2013 🔍
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12/15/2014 🔍
03/24/2015 🔍
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Sources
Product: moodle.orgAdvisory: git.moodle.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-4523 (🔍)
X-Force: 89231
Vulnerability Center: 47613 - Moodle \x27message/lib.php\x27 Remote XSS Vulnerability via a Crafted Message, Low
SecurityFocus: 63898 - Moodle '/message/lib.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 06/15/2017 11:28
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 06/15/2017 11:28 (4)
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