CVE-2024-33998 (GCVE-0-2024-33998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-31 19:46 – Updated: 2025-03-28 18:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
moodle: stored XSS via user's name on participants page when opening some options
Summary
Insufficient escaping of participants' names in the participants page table resulted in a stored XSS risk when interacting with some features.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-03 14:26 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-05-20 09:00
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