CVE-2022-45151 Moodle stored-XSS vulnerability in some "social" user profile fields

What is CVE-2022-45151?

CVE-2022-45151 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 23 Nov 2022. 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 stored-XSS vulnerability was discovered in Moodle which exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in several "social" user profile fields. An attacker could inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45151?

5 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-2022-45151?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 3.11.11 or 4.0.5.

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-2022-45151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45151 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-2022-45151, GHSA-xv72-6pgh-cjj8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45151.