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high 8.8

CVE-2018-14631 json

Moodle Cross-site Scripting

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-gqrp-qhv8-phrv , EUVD-2022-3997

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 3.3.8, 3.4.5, 3.5.2
  • moodle moodle 3.3.8, 3.4.5, 3.5.2

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-14631 updated cvss 8.8

moodle: boost theme - blog search GET parameter insufficiently filtered (MSA-18-0019)

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

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Exploit prediction

2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
>=3.3, <3.3.8
>=3.4, <3.4.5
>=3.5, <3.5.2
3.3.8
3.4.5
3.5.2

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] moodle

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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