FKIE_CVE-2021-20280

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-03-15 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:33
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Text-based feedback answers required additional sanitizing to prevent stored XSS and blind SSRF risks in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939037Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419651Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164817/Moodle-Cross-Site-Scripting-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939037Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGOMHMYM3WICJ6D6U22Z6LPJGT5A6MZM/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419651Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moodle moodle *
moodle moodle *
moodle moodle *
moodle moodle *
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject fedora 34
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