CVE-2024-33997 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Additional sanitizing was required when opening the equation editor to prevent a stored XSS risk when editing another user's equation.

Published: 2024-05-31

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0`	affected	≤ 4.3.3
`4.2`	affected	≤ 4.2.6
`4.1`	affected	≤ 4.1.9

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-9qgq-93c7-9hm4	Moodle stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

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 0.00374.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=458385

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Moodle Moodle moodle
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
Vendors & Products		Moodle Moodle moodle

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2024-05-31T19:38:17.633Z

Updated: 2024-11-21T15:01:26.728Z

Reserved: 2024-04-29T13:02:30.266Z

Link: CVE-2024-33997

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:42:59.819Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-31T20:15:09.797

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:32:42.497

Link: CVE-2024-33997

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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