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CVE-2010-1618 json

phpCAS client library and Moodle Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-45ch-hxgr-vx8j , EUVD-2022-2303

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the phpCAS client library before 1.1.0, as used in Moodle 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.9.x before 1.9.8, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, which is not properly handled in an error message.

Patch / fix

  • packagist apereo/phpcas 1.1.0
  • packagist moodle/moodle 1.8.12, 1.9.8

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1618 updated

Moodle: Multiple security fixes in 1.8.12 upstream release

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist apereo/phpcas
<1.1.0
1.1.0
packagist moodle/moodle
>=1.8.0, <1.8.12
>=1.9.0, <1.9.8
1.8.12
1.9.8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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