XSS in Moodle
CVE-2021-36568
In certain Moodle products after creating a course, it is possible to add in a arbitrary "Topic" a resource, in this case a "Database" with the type "Text" where its values "Field name" and "Field description" are vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting Stored(XSS). This affects Moodle 3.11 and Moodle 3.10.4 and Moodle 3.9.7.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.008 (53.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Moodle — versions 3.9.7, 3.10.4, 3.11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-36568?
- CVE-2021-36568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-13.
- How severe is CVE-2021-36568?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.