What is CVE-2016-9188?

CVE-2016-9188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-9188?

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

XSS in Moodle

CVE-2016-9188

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Moodle CMS on or before 3.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s_additionalhtmlhead, s_additionalhtmltopofbody, and s_additionalhtmlfooter parameters.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9188?: CVE-2016-9188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-9188?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.