CVE-2008-5432

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

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).

Affected products

Moodle: through 1.6.7; 1.1.1, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2 (+33)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=108590
http://secunia.com/advisories/33079
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32714
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3405
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47193
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=108590
http://secunia.com/advisories/33079

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