Vulnerability CVE-2015-3178

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-3178 (CCN-103225)

Assigned:

2015-05-18

Published:

2015-05-18

Updated:

2020-12-01

Summary:

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 v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

3.5 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.0 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-79

Vulnerability Consequences:

Cross-Site Scripting

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-3178

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49718

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20150518 Moodle security advisories [vs]

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
74726

Source: CCN
Type: BID-74726
Moodle CVE-2015-3178 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1032358

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
moodle-cve20153178-xss(103225)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313685

Source: CCN
Type: Moodle Security Advisory MSA-15-0022
Potential XSS risk when returning text entered by student from Web Services

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-3178

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.5.9)

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201531780000000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20153178000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20153178000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201531780000000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20153178000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20153178000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201531780000000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20153178000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201531780000000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2015-06-01
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20153178000	V	CVE-2015-3178 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2015-06-01

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