GHSA-2jcw-r79x-4r5v

Moodle does not set the RISK_XSS bit for graders

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Low CVE-2015-0216

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Packagist	moodle/moodle	>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.2	2.8.2

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

access.php in the Lesson module in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.2 does not set the RISK_XSS bit for graders, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted essay feedback.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0216 advisory
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b9c86823c70a1cba20bca1c4b5b032ee1559e22d web
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/c80603ddc4ba4e7d85ea2b79f644a4a041cee137 web
https://github.com/moodle/moodle package
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278616 web
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48034 web
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/19/1 web