CVE-2024-43437

A flaw was found in moodle. Insufficient sanitizing of data when performing a restore could result in a cross-site scripting (XSS) risk from malicious backup files.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304266	Permissions Required
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461207	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-11-11 13:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 21:28

NVD link : CVE-2024-43437

Mitre link : CVE-2024-43437

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-43437

JSON object : View

Products Affected

moodle

moodle

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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