What is CVE-2015-5337?

CVE-2015-5337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2015-5337?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Moodle

CVE-2015-5337

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 does not properly restrict the availability of Flowplayer, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted .swf file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5337?: CVE-2015-5337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2015-5337?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.