PT-2008-1778 · Moodle · Moodle

Published 2008-01-12 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0123

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions prior to 1.8.4

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbname parameter in install.php. This issue is only present until the installation is complete.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.4, update to version 1.8.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the install.php file until the update is applied. Avoid using the dbname parameter in the install.php file until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0123

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31020 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0202.html · Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0123 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0164 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0123 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27259 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39630 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/486198/100/0/threaded · Note