Medium severity · published Mar 23, 2023
CVE-2023-28332
Moodle: algebra filter xss when filter is misconfigured
6.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
If the algebra filter was enabled but not functional (eg the necessary binaries were missing from the server), it presented an XSS risk.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
after 3.9.0 before 3.9.20; after 3.11.0 before 3.11.13; after 4.0.0 before 4.0.7; 3.9.0; 3.11.0; 4.0.0; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28332
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28332
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179419
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QZN34VSF4HTCW3C3ZP2OZYSLYUKADPF/
Issue Tracking
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=445064
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