ubuntu-cve-2018-14631
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-09-17 20:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
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
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "moodle",
            "binary_version": "3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "moodle",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.7.9+dfsg-1",
        "2.7.10+dfsg-1",
        "2.7.11+dfsg-1",
        "2.7.11+dfsg-2",
        "2.7.12+dfsg-1",
        "3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "moodle",
            "binary_version": "3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "moodle",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14631",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:10Z",
  "published": "2018-09-17T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14631"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git\u0026a=search\u0026h=HEAD\u0026st=commit\u0026s=MDL-62857"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14631"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=376025"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14631"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-14631"
  ]
}



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