CVE-2014-3549

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the get_description function in lib/classes/event/user_login_failed.php in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted username that is improperly handled during the logging of an invalid login attempt.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.7.0

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46201
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/21/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68761
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264271
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46201
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/21/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68761
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264271

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