CVE-2011-4278 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the tag autocomplete functionality in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

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 0.00296.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Moodle	Moodle

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.9.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2723	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the tag autocomplete functionality in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Github GHSA	GHSA-6656-6qwx-4c2m	Moodle XSS In Tag Autocomplete functionality

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fd29b2ad1c20906da00d7e523f39bc8a0358a65b
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170003
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-16T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:01:51.515Z

Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4278

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-07-16T10:28:36.253

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4278

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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