Medium severity · published May 22, 2016
CVE-2016-2152
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in auth/db/auth.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before…
6.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in auth/db/auth.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an external DB profile field.
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
through 2.6.11; 2.7.0; 2.7.1; 2.7.2; 2.7.3; 2.7.4; +27 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2152
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2152
git.moodle.org
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50705
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330174
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