CVE-2010-1614 Moodle vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

What is CVE-2010-1614?

CVE-2010-1614 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 29 Apr 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Moodle 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the Login-As feature or (2) when the global search feature is enabled, unspecified global search forms in the Global Search Engine. NOTE: vector 1 might be resultant from a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1614?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1614?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.12 or 1.9.8.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2010-1614 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1614 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle

• CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5fgv-cvr8-xg48.