Moodle up to 2.2.3 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3396. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cohort/edit_form.php in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.10, 2.1.x before 2.1.7, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.3.x before 2.3.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the idnumber field. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-2365.

The weakness was disclosed 07/23/2012 by Daniel Compton (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3396 since 06/14/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61385 (Fedora 16 : moodle-2.0.10-1.fc16 (2012-11028)), 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 (76962), Tenable (61385), SecurityFocus (BID 54481†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40764†). The entries VDB-61399, VDB-61398, VDB-61396 and VDB-61395 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Learning Management Software

Name

• Moodle

Version

• 2.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.1
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://moodle.org/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 61385
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : moodle-2.0.10-1.fc16 (2012-11028)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 864582
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2012-11028
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 2.0.8

Timelineinfo

06/14/2012 🔍
07/17/2012 +33 days 🔍
07/17/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/23/2012 +6 days 🔍
07/23/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/30/2013 +372 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +601 days 🔍
12/06/2021 +2450 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Daniel Compton
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-3396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61397
X-Force: 76962
SecurityFocus: 54481 - Moodle Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49890
Vulnerability Center: 40764 - Moodle Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CVE-2012-3396), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/06/2021 23:14
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 05/07/2017 11:25 (5), 12/06/2021 23:03 (3), 12/06/2021 23:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:DF4:103

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