CVE-2010-2230

Description

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.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.40%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.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://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-22042
http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.970.2.171&r2=1.970.2.172 patch
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://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=152368
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://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.812.2.114&r2=1.812.2.115 patch
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-2010-2230?
CVE-2010-2230 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2230?
To fix CVE-2010-2230, 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-2010-2230 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-2230 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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