What is CVE-2015-5336?

CVE-2015-5336 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2015-5336?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Moodle

CVE-2015-5336

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the survey module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the student role and entering a crafted survey answer.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5336?: CVE-2015-5336 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2015-5336?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.