CVE-2015-3178: moodle Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-3178 is a low (CVSS 3.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in moodle. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 01-06-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the external_format_text function in lib/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into an external application via a crafted string that is visible to web services.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
73%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.45% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Moodle1 product
- moodle≤ 2.5.9 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.5 | 2.5.6 | 2.5.7 | 2.5.8 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.9 | 2.6.10 | 2.7.0 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.7 | 2.8.0 | 2.8.1 | 2.8.2 | 2.8.3 | 2.8.4 | 2.8.5
Ubuntu1 product
- moodle< 3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
8 links- git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49718X Refsource CONFIRM