Moodle · Moodle · CVE-2016-2152
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Moodle versions prior to 2.6.11
Moodle versions 2.7.x before 2.7.13
Moodle versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11
Moodle versions 2.9.x before 2.9.5
Moodle versions 3.0.x before 3.0.3
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an external DB profile field, which can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This occurs due to multiple XSS vulnerabilities in the auth/db/auth.php file.
**Recommendations**
For Moodle versions prior to 2.6.11, update to version 2.6.11 or later.
For Moodle versions 2.7.x before 2.7.13, update to version 2.7.13 or later.
For Moodle versions 2.8.x before 2.8.11, update to version 2.8.11 or later.
For Moodle versions 2.9.x before 2.9.5, update to version 2.9.5 or later.
For Moodle versions 3.0.x before 3.0.3, update to version 3.0.3 or later.