CVE-2023-28331

Moodle: xss risk when outputting database activity filter data

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Published Mar 23, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Content output by the database auto-linking filter required additional sanitizing to prevent an XSS risk.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.1.0`	affected	< 4.1.2
`4.0.0`	affected	< 4.0.7
`3.11.0`	affected	< 3.11.13
`0`	affected	< 3.9.20

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.9.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.11.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.0.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.1.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.1.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0917	Content output by the database auto-linking filter required additional sanitizing to prevent an XSS risk.
Github GHSA	GHSA-77jm-f3vj-xvx2	Moodle vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.662% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179418
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QZN34VSF4HTCW3C3ZP2OZYSLYUKADPF/
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=445063

History

Feb 25, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 25, 2025, 8:20 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fedora
Published: Mar 23, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 25, 2025, 8:20 PM
Reserved: Mar 14, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:38 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:38 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:47 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 23, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:47 AM

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