CVE-2024-43437 (GCVE-0-2024-43437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-11 12:19 – Updated: 2025-03-13 14:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Moodle: xss risk when restoring malicious course backup file
Summary
A flaw was found in moodle. Insufficient sanitizing of data when performing a restore could result in a cross-site scripting (XSS) risk from malicious backup files.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-11 14:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304266 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461207 |
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-08-19 04:00
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