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CVE-2025-26528: Stored XSS in ddimageortext question type

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The drag-and-drop onto image (ddimageortext) question type required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.

Affected products

• Moodle: from 4.1.0 before 4.1.16; from 4.3.0 before 4.3.10; from 4.4.0 before 4.4.6; from 4.5.0 before 4.5.2 — fixed in 4.1.16, 4.3.10, 4.4.6, 4.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Moodle 4.1.16, 4.3.10, 4.4.6, 4.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-82896
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466144

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