CVE-2004-1978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-05-10

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 3.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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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Remediation

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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.

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.

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

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Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

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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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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