Moodle up to 2.2.2 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Moodle. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-2365. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Moodle (Learning Management Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.6, and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the idnumber field to cohort/edit.php.

The weakness was released 07/20/2012 by Dan Poltawski (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at moodle.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2365 since 04/19/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59335 (Fedora 17 : moodle-2.2.3-1.fc17 (2012-8284)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75753), Tenable (59335), SecurityFocus (BID 53632†), OSVDB (82072†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35728†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-61373, VDB-61372, VDB-61370 and VDB-61369. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 59335
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : moodle-2.2.3-1.fc17 (2012-8284)
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OpenVAS ID: 864323
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2012-8284
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 2.0.8

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04/19/2012 🔍
05/21/2012 +32 days 🔍
05/21/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/20/2012 +60 days 🔍
07/20/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/26/2012 +6 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +970 days 🔍
12/06/2021 +2450 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: moodle.org
Researcher: Dan Poltawski
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61371
X-Force: 75753
SecurityFocus: 53632 - Moodle Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 82072
Vulnerability Center: 35728 - Moodle Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability via the \x27Idnumber\x27 Field to \x27cohort/edit.php\x27, Medium

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/06/2021 16:44
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (57), 04/15/2017 15:58 (12), 12/06/2021 16:44 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:8DA:103

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