What is CVE-2015-2269?

CVE-2015-2269 is a vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-06-01.

Is CVE-2015-2269 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Moodle

CVE-2015-2269

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lib/javascript-static.js in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) alt or (2) title attribute in an IMG element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2015-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

git.moodle.org/gw
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php (Vendor Advisory)
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2269?: CVE-2015-2269 is a vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-06-01.
Is CVE-2015-2269 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.