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Moodle: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2022-45150)

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Moodle: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2022-45150)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2022
Created
11/29/2022
Added
11/28/2022
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in Moodle. This flaw exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in policy tool. An attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted link that executes an arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks to gain access potentially sensitive information and modification of web pages.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-3_11_11
  • moodle-upgrade-3_9_18
  • moodle-upgrade-4_0_5

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