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Moodle: (CVE-2016-0725): MSA-16-0002: XSS Vulnerability in course management search

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Moodle: (CVE-2016-0725): MSA-16-0002: XSS Vulnerability in course management search

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/18/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
01/12/2023

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search_pagination function in course/classes/management_renderer.php in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.10, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted search string.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-latest

References

  • CVE-2016-0725

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