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Moodle: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2021-20186)

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Moodle: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2021-20186)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/28/2021
Created
02/03/2021
Added
02/03/2021
Modified
02/03/2021

Description

It was found in Moodle before version 3.10.1, 3.9.4, 3.8.7 and 3.5.16 that if the TeX notation filter was enabled, additional sanitizing of TeX content was required to prevent the risk of stored XSS.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-3_10_1
  • moodle-upgrade-3_5_16
  • moodle-upgrade-3_8_7
  • moodle-upgrade-3_9_4

References

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