Cross-site scripting in Moodle - CVE-2015-3178
Published: June 1, 2015 / Updated: January 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40733
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3178
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in the external_format_text function in lib/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3178
Install update from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 2.6.11, 2.7.8, 2.8.6
moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.9-1.fc21, 2.8.7-1.fc22, 2.9.1-1.fc23
moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.9-1.fc21, 2.8.7-1.fc22, 2.9.1-1.fc23