Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in install.php for Moodle 1.8.3, and possibly other versions before 1.8.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbname parameter. NOTE: this issue only exists until the installation is complete.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Moodle 1.8.3 - 'install.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31020 · webapps · Jan 12, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20080111 Cross site scripting (XSS) in Moodle 1.8.3 mailing-list
- http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html
- 27259 vdb-entry
- moodle-install-xss(39630) vdb-entry
- 20080111 Cross site scripting (XSS) in Moodle 1.8.3 mailing-list
- ADV-2008-0164 vdb-entry
- 28838 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:003 vendor-advisory