Medium severity · published Feb 22, 2016
CVE-2015-3274
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user_get_user_details function in user/lib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.9, 2.8.x before 2.8.7, and 2.9.x before…
6.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user_get_user_details function in user/lib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.9, 2.8.x before 2.8.7, and 2.9.x before 2.9.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging absence of an external_format_text call in a web service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
2.6.0; 2.6.1; 2.6.2; 2.6.3; 2.6.4; 2.6.5; +22 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3274
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3274
git.moodle.org
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50130
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/2
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032877
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316664
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