CVE-2016-2152

Summary

CVE	CVE-2016-2152
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	redhat
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2016-05-22 20:59:01 UTC
Updated	2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Description	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in auth/db/auth.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an external DB profile field.

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	6.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	4.3		`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.0	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.1	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.10	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.11	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.12	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.2	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.3	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.4	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.5	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.6	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.7	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.8	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.7.9	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.0	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.1	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.10	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.2	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.3	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.4	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.5	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.6	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.7	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.8	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.8.9	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.9.0	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.9.1	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.9.2	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.9.3	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	2.9.4	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	3.0.0	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	3.0.1	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	3.0.2	All	All	All
Application	Moodle	Moodle	All	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Moodle Bugs Let Remote Authenticated Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Bypass Security Restrictions and Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
Moodle.org: MSA-16-0004: XSS from profile fields from external db	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	moodle.org	Vendor Advisory
oss-security - moodle security release	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.openwall.com
Official Moodle git projects - moodle.git/search	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	git.moodle.org
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

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