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CVE-2018-14631 — moodle before versions 3

moodle before versions 3.5.2, 3.4.5, 3.3.8 is vulnerable to a boost theme - blog search GET parameter insufficiently filtered. The breadcrumb navigation provided by Boost theme when displaying search results of a blog were insufficiently filtered, which could result in reflected

CVSS
8.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.39% (top 40.60%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2018-09-17T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T09:29:51.898Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

moodle before versions 3.5.2, 3.4.5, 3.3.8 is vulnerable to a boost theme - blog search GET parameter insufficiently filtered. The breadcrumb navigation provided by Boost theme when displaying search results of a blog were insufficiently filtered, which could result in reflected XSS if a user followed a malicious link containing JavaScript in the search parameter.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
[UNKNOWN]moodle3.5.2, 3.4.5, 3.3.8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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