Medium severity · published Dec 9, 2020
CVE-2020-25627
The moodlenetprofile user profile field required extra sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk
6.1
CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The moodlenetprofile user profile field required extra sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk. This affects versions 3.9 to 3.9.1. Fixed in 3.9.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
3.9.0 before 3.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25627
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25627
Patch
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=410839
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