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TI-2020-15645 Aliases CVE-2020-25627GHSA-mgfp-qcf2-pw3m

Cross-site scripting in Moodle

Priority LOW 34CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The moodlenetprofile user profile field required extra sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk. This affects versions 3.9 to 3.9.1. Fixed in 3.9.2.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03725 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed moodle/moodle (Packagist): 3.9.2

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Moodle3.9 to 3.9.1—No fix listedCNA
—moodle/moodle (Packagist)3.9 to before 3.9.23.9.2Patch availableGHSA-mgfp-qcf2-pw3m
  • Moodle Vendor— Affected 3.9 to 3.9.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.9 to before 3.9.2 Fixed in 3.9.2 Patch available GHSA-mgfp-qcf2-pw3m

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9.0 to before 3.9.2VulnerableMoodle
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9.0 to before 3.9.2 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-mgfp-qcf2-pw3m moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 3.9.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-25627
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mgfp-qcf2-pw3m

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • 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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