TI-2018-01053 Aliases CVE-2018-1136 GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h

Cross-site scripting in Moodle 3.x unknown

LOW 22CWE-79Published 2018-05-25 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. An authenticated user is allowed to add HTML blocks containing scripts to their Dashboard; this is normally not a security issue because a personal dashboard is visible to this user only. Through this security vulnerability, users can move such a block to other pages where they can be viewed by other users.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01043 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed moodle/moodle (Packagist): 3.1.12, 3.2.9, 3.3.6 +1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Moodle 3.x unknown	Moodle 3.x unknown	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	3.1 to before 3.1.12	3.1.12	Patch available	GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	3.2 to before 3.2.9	3.2.9	Patch available	GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	3.3 to before 3.3.6	3.3.6	Patch available	GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	3.4 to before 3.4.3	3.4.3	Patch available	GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h

Moodle 3.x unknown Vendor— Affected Moodle 3.x unknown Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.1 to before 3.1.12 Fixed in 3.1.12 Patch available GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.2 to before 3.2.9 Fixed in 3.2.9 Patch available GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.3 to before 3.3.6 Fixed in 3.3.6 Patch available GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.4 to before 3.4.3 Fixed in 3.4.3 Patch available GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::	3.1.0 – 3.1.11; 3.2.0 – 3.2.8; 3.3.0 – 3.3.5; 3.4.0 – 3.4.2	Vulnerable	Moodle

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.0 – 3.1.11; 3.2.0 – 3.2.8; 3.3.0 – 3.3.5; 3.4.0 – 3.4.2 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.1.12 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.2.9 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.3.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.4.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1136
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhfw-wjjc-4j5h

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/moodle/moodle

TI-2024-22468 moodle: unsafe direct use of $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] in admin/tool/mfa/index.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-14741 In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-29071 Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2016-06653 Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-00259 SQL injection in moodle CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-16116 Path traversal in Moodle CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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