XSS in Moodle
CVE-2014-9059
lib/setup.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide charset information in HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF-7 characters during interaction with AJAX scripts.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (78.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Moodle — versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11 (mailing-list)
- git.moodle.org/gw (Patch)
- moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71133 (vdb-entry)