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CVE-2023-5541
Moodle: xss risk when using csv grade import method
Low3.3EPSS 0.53%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- fedora
Description
The CSV grade import method contained an XSS risk for users importing the spreadsheet, if it contained unsafe content.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
moodle
- affected 4.2.0 – < 4.2.3
- affected 4.1.0 – < 4.1.6
- affected 4.0.0 – < 4.0.11
- affected 3.11.0 – < 3.11.17
- affected < 3.9.24
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-28gc-4qq5-8q26 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-79426 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHBZ#2243437 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451582 (opens in a new tab)x_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-28gc-4qq5-8q26 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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