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CVE-2015-0216

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

access.php in the Lesson module in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.2 does not set the RISK_XSS bit for graders, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted essay feedback.

Affected products

• Moodle: 2.8.0, 2.8.1

References

• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48034
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/19/1
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278616
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48034
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/19/1
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278616

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