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CVE-2016-2153 json

Moodle Reflected XSS in mod_data advanced search

published 2016-05-22 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-mj85-3hqq-r6r9 , EUVD-2022-4578

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the advanced-search feature in mod_data in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted field in a URL, as demonstrated by a search form field.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.7.13, 2.8.11, 2.9.5, 3.0.3

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-2016-2153 updated

moodle: multiple security issues fixed in 3.0.3, 2.9.5, 2.8.11, 2.7.13

  • 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

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
>=2.7, <2.7.13
>=2.8, <2.8.11
>=2.9, <2.9.5
>=3.0, <3.0.3
2.7.13
2.8.11
2.9.5
3.0.3

Classification

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

References

Sources

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