CVE-2019-3847: moodle Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-3847 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in moodle. EPSS estimates a 2.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 27-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability was found in moodle before versions 3.6.3, 3.5.5, 3.4.8 and 3.1.17. Users with the "login as other users" capability (such as administrators/managers) can access other users' Dashboards, but the JavaScript those other users may have added to their Dashboard was not being escaped when being viewed by the user logging in on their behalf.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
2.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.22% on 19-09-2026
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 to 3.6.2 | 3.5 to 3.5.4 | 3.4 to 3.4.7 | 3.1 to 3.1.16 and earlier unsupported versions
Moodle1 product
- moodle< 3.1.17 | ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.8 | ≥ 3.5.0, < 3.5.5 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 3.6.3
Ubuntu1 product
- moodleAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products