Moodle 4.5.x < 4.5.1 Reflected XSS In Question Bank Filter

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114706

Synopsis

Moodle 4.5.x < 4.5.1 Reflected XSS In Question Bank Filter

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Moodle install hosted on the remote host is 4.3.x prior to 4.3.8 or 4.4.4 prior to 4.4.5 or 4.5.x prior to 4.5.1 . It is, therefore, affected by a Reflected XSS in question bank filter.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Moodle version 4.5.1 or latest.

See Also

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-83357

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=464558#p1864996

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 114706

Type: remote

Published: 4/10/2025

Updated: 4/10/2025

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-55647

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-55647

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-55647