Moodle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:21596

Info

Moodle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 21596
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 14 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 15 2006 07:48PM
Credit: These vulnerabilities were discovered by Jose Miguel Yanez Venegas.
Vulnerable: Moodle moodle 1.6.1
Moodle moodle 1.5.2
Moodle moodle 1.5.1
Moodle moodle 1.5
BEA Systems Weblogic Proxy Plugin 1.5.3 +
BEA Systems Weblogic Proxy Plugin 1.5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Moodle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Moodle is reported prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, including a cross-site scripting issue and an HTML injection issue, because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input data.

The cross-site scripting vulnerability is reported to affect version 1.6.1; the HTML-injection vulnerability affects version 1.5.

Exploit / POC

Moodle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit the HTML-injection issue through a web-client. Attackers can exploit the cross-site scripting issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Sample exploit code has been provided:

Solution / Fix

Moodle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

References

Moodle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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