PT-2012-3983 · Moodle · Moodle

Simon Coggins · CVE-2012-2362 · Published 2012-07-21 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 1.9.x through 1.9.17

Description A cross-site scripting issue exists due to insufficient input validation in the blog implementation. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted parameter to the "blog/index.php" endpoint, specifically when using Internet Explorer.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 1.9.x through 1.9.17, update to version 1.9.18 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2362

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2362 · Security Note
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=038131c8b5614f18c14d964dc53b6960ae6c30d8 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/82069 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2362 · Note
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=203052 · Note