CVE-2016-2153 (GCVE-0-2016-2153)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-22 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the advanced-search feature in mod_data in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted field in a URL, as demonstrated by a search form field.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1055 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-03-21 00:00
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