CVE-2010-2228

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MNET access-control interface in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving extended characters in a username.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.61%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory moodle.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.13_release_notes
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043285.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1571 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/21/2 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/40352 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1530 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043340.html vendor advisory
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.9_release_notes
http://secunia.com/advisories/40248 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043291.html vendor advisory
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=152366 vendor advisory
http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-22040
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605809

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2228?
CVE-2010-2228 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2228?
To fix CVE-2010-2228, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2228 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-2228 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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