CVE-2008-0123

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Moodle: through 1.8.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0202.html
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486198/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27259
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0164
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39630
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0202.html
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838

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