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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14631 (CVE-2018-14631)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-09-17 20:29 – Updated: 2025-10-24 04:47 – Source website

Details

moodle before versions 3.5.2, 3.4.5, 3.3.8 is vulnerable to a boost theme - blog search GET parameter insufficiently filtered. The breadcrumb navigation provided by Boost theme when displaying search results of a blog were insufficiently filtered, which could result in reflected XSS if a user followed a malicious link containing JavaScript in the search parameter.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14631	REPORT
	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=…	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2…	REPORT
	https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=376025	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14631	REPORT

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CVE-2018-14631 (GCVE-0-2018-14631)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-17 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:29

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-20

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=376025	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105371	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
[UNKNOWN]	moodle	Affected: 3.5.2 Affected: 3.4.5 Affected: 3.3.8

Date Public

2018-09-17 00:00

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