CVE-2021-20279 Moodle contains Stored XSS via ID number user profile field

What is CVE-2021-20279?

CVE-2021-20279 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 Mar 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20279?

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

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20279?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 3.10.2, 3.5.17, 3.8.8 or 3.9.5.

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-2021-20279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-moodle-2021-20279, GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20279.