Moodle reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

published 2020-03-18 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3xh5-5v5v-mfgm , EUVD-2022-2259

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in Moodle 3.7 before 3.73, 3.6 before 3.6.7 and 3.5 before 3.5.9, where a reflected XSS possible from some fatal error messages.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

packagist moodle/moodle 3.5.9, 3.6.7, 3.7.3
moodle moodle 3.5.9, 3.6.7

moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=393587#p1586751 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14884 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 6.1

moodle: reflected XSS possible from some fatal error messages

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	moodle/moodle	>=3.7.0, <3.7.3 >=3.6.0, <3.6.7 >=3.5.0, <3.5.9	3.7.3 3.6.7 3.5.9

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] moodle

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

moodle.org /mod/forum/discuss.php?d=393587#p1586751
web, patch, vendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14884
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14884
advisory
github.com /moodle/moodle
package

Sources

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Summary