CVE-2015-3178
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-06-01 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:39
Severity ?
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the external_format_text function in lib/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into an external application via a crafted string that is visible to web services.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49718
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/18/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74726
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358
secalert@redhat.comhttps://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313685Vendor Advisory
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