CVE-2023-28331 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00594.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Moodle	Moodle

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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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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-25T20:20:09.723Z

Reserved: 2023-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28331

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:25.143Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-23T21:15:20.000

Modified: 2025-02-25T21:15:12.957

Link: CVE-2023-28331

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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