CVE-2019-3808: moodle Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-3808 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in moodle. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 25-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in Moodle versions 3.6 to 3.6.1, 3.5 to 3.5.3, 3.4 to 3.4.6, 3.1 to 3.1.15 and earlier unsupported versions. The 'manage groups' capability did not have the 'XSS risk' flag assigned to it, but does have that access in certain places. Note that the capability is intended for use by trusted users, and is only assigned to teachers and managers by default.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
1.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
68%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.13 pp
From 1.10% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
[unknown]1 product
- moodle3.6.2 | 3.5.4 | 3.4.7 | 3.1.16
Moodle1 product
- moodle≥ 3.1.0, ≤ 3.1.15 | ≥ 3.4.0, ≤ 3.4.6 | ≥ 3.5.0, ≤ 3.5.3 | 3.6.0 | 3.6.1
Ubuntu1 product
- moodleAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3808X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-64395X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTPatchVendor Advisory