Moodle up to 2.7 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Moodle and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-3551. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the advanced-grading implementation in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) qualification or (2) rating field in a rubric.

The weakness was presented 07/29/2014 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is shared at git.moodle.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-3551. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. 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 77983 (Moodle Multiple XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122523 (Fedora Security Update for moodle (FEDORA-2014-8609)).

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 databases at X-Force (94724), Tenable (77983), SecurityFocus (BID 68763†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45857†). See VDB-70495, VDB-70494, VDB-70490 and VDB-70489 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 77983
Nessus Name: Moodle Multiple XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 867240
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for moodle FEDORA-2014-10802
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: git.moodle.org

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05/14/2014 🔍
07/21/2014 +68 days 🔍
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07/29/2014 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: git.moodle.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3551 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3551
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70493
X-Force: 94724
SecurityFocus: 68763 - Moodle CVE-2014-3551 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 45857 - Moodle Remote XSS Vulnerability via Advanced Grading Methods, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/26/2022 10:55
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (67), 06/04/2017 10:53 (3), 03/26/2022 10:50 (3), 03/26/2022 10:55 (1)
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