CVE-2021-20279
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–5.4
weaknesses
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affected products (15)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvxMoodle contains Stored XSS via ID number user profile field2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.
- BIT-moodle-2021-202792024-03-06vendor · osvUS
The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.
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sources
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references (15)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/cnnvd
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419650cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Moodle-five-vulnerabilities-34911cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0909cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033enisa_euvd
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