Moodle Help Script Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:10718

Info

Moodle Help Script Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10718
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0725
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 06:16AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Thomas Waldegger (morpheus) <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Moodle moodle 1.3.2
Moodle moodle 1.3.1
Moodle moodle 1.3
Moodle moodle 1.2.1
Moodle moodle 1.2
Moodle moodle 1.1.1
Not Vulnerable: Moodle moodle 1.3.3

Discussion

Moodle Help Script Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

It is reported that Moodle is susceptible to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 'help.php' script. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input prior to including it in dynamic web content.

This issue may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

Moodle Help Script Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/help.php?file={XSS}

Solution / Fix

Moodle Help Script Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in version 1.3.3 of the software.


Moodle moodle 1.1.1

Moodle moodle 1.2

Moodle moodle 1.2.1

Moodle moodle 1.3

Moodle moodle 1.3.1

Moodle moodle 1.3.2

References

Moodle Help Script Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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