CVE-2010-2230
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The KSES text cleaning filter in lib/weblib.php in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 does not properly handle vbscript URIs, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML input.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.4–4
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affected products (56)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-3gm8-32vv-q8mpMoodle Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the KSES text cleaning filter 2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The KSES text cleaning filter in lib/weblib.php in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 does not properly handle vbscript URIs, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML input.
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references (32)
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- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.812.2.114&r2=1.812.2.115enisa_euvd
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.970.2.171&r2=1.970.2.172enisa_euvd
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.13_release_notesenisa_euvd
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.9_release_notesenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043285.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043291.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043340.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
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