Moodle 3.8 XSS Vulnerability (MSA-20-0001)

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150757");
  script_version("2025-06-18T05:40:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-18 05:40:25 +0000 (Wed, 18 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-08 07:45:00 +0000 (Mon, 08 Aug 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/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:"2022-08-05 20:06:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Aug 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-1691");

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

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

  script_name("Moodle 3.8 XSS Vulnerability (MSA-20-0001)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  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:"Messages required extra sanitizing before updating the
  conversation overview, to prevent the risk of stored XSS.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Moodle 3.8.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.8.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=395953");

  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: "3.8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.8.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);