CVE-2011-4294 (GCVE-0-2011-4294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-16 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:01
VLAI
Summary
The error-message functionality in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.13, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.1 does not ensure that a continuation link refers to an http or https URL for the local Moodle instance, which might allow attackers to trick users into visiting arbitrary web sites via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2011-11-13 00:00
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