CVE-2004-1978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in help.php in Moodle before 1.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via the text parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03642.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Moodle	Moodle

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.2.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1970	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in help.php in Moodle before 1.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via the text parameter.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108335043825605&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11535
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010008
http://www.osvdb.org/5747
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10251
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16023

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:07:49.134Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1978

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-04-30T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-1978

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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