Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-20279 (CCN-198259)

Assigned:2020-12-17
Published:2021-03-15
Updated:2021-03-23
Summary:The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
6.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
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)
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
6.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Cross-Site Scripting
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-20279

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
moodle-cve202120279-xss(198259)

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-1c27e89d49

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-50f63a0161

Source: CCN
Type: Moodle Security Advisory MSA-21-0006
Stored XSS via ID number user profile field

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419650

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.5.0 and < 3.5.17)
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.8.0 and < 3.8.8)
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.9.0 and < 3.9.5)
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.10.0 and < 3.10.2)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    moodle moodle *
    moodle moodle *
    moodle moodle *
    moodle moodle *
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 34
    moodle moodle 3.5
    moodle moodle 3.9.0
    moodle moodle 3.5.16
    moodle moodle 3.10.1