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CVE-2014-9059
lib/setup.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide charset…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
lib/setup.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide charset information in HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF-7 characters during interaction with AJAX scripts.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-crcq-pw8h-9xwf (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- 1031215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141117 Moodle security issues are now public (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47966 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275146 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 71133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-crcq-pw8h-9xwf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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