PT-2013-5290 · Yahoo+1 · Yui+1

Andrew Nicols · Published 2013-07-26 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2013-4942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.1.10 and earlier, 2.2.x through 2.2.10, 2.3.x through 2.3.7, 2.4.x through 2.4.4, 2.5.x through 2.5.0 Yahoo! YUI versions 3.5.0 through 3.9.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string in a URL. This is due to a vulnerability in the flashuploader.swf file within the Uploader component.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.1.10 and earlier, update to version 2.1.11 or later. For Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.10, update to version 2.2.11 or later. For Moodle versions 2.3.x through 2.3.7, update to version 2.3.8 or later. For Moodle versions 2.4.x through 2.4.4, update to version 2.4.5 or later. For Moodle versions 2.5.x through 2.5.0, update to version 2.5.1 or later. For Yahoo! YUI versions 3.5.0 through 3.9.1, consider disabling the flashuploader.swf file until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4942

GHSA-9WW8-J8J2-3788

Affected Products

Moodle

Yui

References · 7

• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=232496 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4942 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9ww8-j8j2-3788 · Vendor Advisory
• http://yuilibrary.com/support/20130515-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130909203912/http://yuilibrary.com/support/20130515-vulnerability · Note
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-39678 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4942 · Note