CVE-2011-4280 Moodle vulnerable to XSS via bundled spikephpcoverage library

What is CVE-2011-4280?

CVE-2011-4280 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 16 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Spike PHPCoverage (aka spikephpcoverage) library, as used in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4280?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 2 products.

Products include Moodle Moodle, Nimish Pachapurkar Spike Phpcoverage.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4280?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to 2.0.2 or later.

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-2011-4280 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-4280 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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-mx5g-3vxh-rgm8.