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Moodle: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2020-25631)

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Moodle: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2020-25631)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/08/2020
Created
12/11/2020
Added
12/10/2020
Modified
12/10/2020

Description

A vulnerability was found in Moodle 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4 and 3.7 to 3.7.7 where it was possible to include JavaScript in a book's chapter title, which was not escaped on the "Add new chapter" page. This is fixed in 3.9.2, 3.8.5 and 3.7.8.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-3_7_8
  • moodle-upgrade-3_8_5
  • moodle-upgrade-3_9_2

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