PT-2016-7688 · Moodle · Moodle

Published 2016-11-04 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2016-9188

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle CMS versions prior to 3.1.2

Description The issue concerns cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s additionalhtmlhead, s additionalhtmltopofbody, and s additionalhtmlfooter parameters.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.2, update to version 3.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the s additionalhtmlhead, s additionalhtmltopofbody, and s additionalhtmlfooter parameters to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9188

GHSA-7GHM-FP7P-QVJQ

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 11

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139466/Moodle-CMS-3.1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9188 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7ghm-fp7p-qvjq · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9188 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851405 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210123190812/http://securityfocus.com/bid/94189 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9188 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94189 · Note