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Moodle 3.x XSS Vulnerability (Jan 2018) - Linux

🗓️ 09 May 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Moodle 3.x XSS Vulnerability (Jan 2018) - Linux. Cross-site scripting in calendar event name. Update to version 3.3.4, 3.2.7 or 3.1.10 respectively

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:moodle:moodle";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112271");
  script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-05-09 13:39:41 +0200 (Wed, 09 May 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-02-05 21:27:00 +0000 (Mon, 05 Feb 2018)");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1045");

  script_name("Moodle 3.x XSS Vulnerability (Jan 2018) - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_moodle_cms_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("moodle/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Moodle is prone to cross-site scripting (XSS) in calendar event name.");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It is possible to inject javascript in the event name in the calendar block.
  Normally capability to create events is only given to trusted users (such as teachers).");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Moodle versions 3.3 to 3.3.3, 3.2 to 3.2.6, 3.1 to 3.1.9 and earlier unsupported versions.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.3.4, 3.2.7 or 3.1.10 respectively.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=364384");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102755");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( port: port, cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "3.1.10" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.1.10", install_path: path );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "3.2.0", test_version2: "3.2.6" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.2.7", install_path: path );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "3.3.0", test_version2: "3.3.3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.3.4", install_path: path );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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