CVE-2024-34000 moodle: stored XSS in lesson overview report via user ID number

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the lesson overview report via user ID numbers, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-34000?

CVE-2024-34000 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 31 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ID numbers displayed in the lesson overview report required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34000?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions4.1.10
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions4.1.10
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.2.04.2.7
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.2.04.2.7
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.3.04.3.4
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.3.04.3.4
1 more packages
moodle BitnamiAll versions4.1.10, 4.2.7, 4.3.4

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2024-34000?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 4.1.10, 4.2.7 or 4.3.4.

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-2024-34000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-moodle-2024-34000, GHSA-8qwh-4vwv-7c5m, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-34000.

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