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CVE-2015-3178

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
01/06/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.50 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
3.50
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.9 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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