Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Moodle before 1.6.8, 1.7 before 1.7.6, 1.8 before 1.8.7, and 1.9 before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Wiki page name (aka page title).
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | moodle | 1.6.3-2+etch1 | DSA-1691-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1691-1 moodle - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- SUSE-SR:2009:003 vendor-advisory
- 32714 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-3405 vdb-entry
- moodle-pagetitles-xss(47193) vdb-entry
- 33822 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081209 CVE request: moodle (XSS) mailing-list
- DSA-1691 vendor-advisory
- 33079 third-party-advisory
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=108590