Moodle XSS Vulnerability (MSA-25-0029)
🗓️ 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability in the virtual learning environment Moodle, related to the lack of security measures for website structures, allows attackers to carry out XSS attacks. | 25 Sep 202500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2025-49512 | 19 Jun 202508:39 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2025-49512 | 19 Jun 202508:39 | – | redhatcve | |
| Moodle 5.x < 5.0.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | 24 Jun 202500:00 | – | nessus |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| moodle | www.moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127935");
script_version("2025-07-23T05:44:58+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-23 05:44:58 +0000 (Wed, 23 Jul 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-07-18 07:06:20 +0000 (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-49512");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Moodle XSS Vulnerability (MSA-25-0029)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_moodle_cms_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("moodle/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Moodle is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An extension was omitted from the MathJax configuration shipped
with Moodle when the library was upgraded in LMS 5.0, resulting in an XSS risk.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Moodle version 5.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.0.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=468500");
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(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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23 Jul 2025 00:00Current
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