Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package moodle (opens in a new tab)
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- published1 Jun 2015
- disclosed1 Jun 2015
Introduced: 1 Jun 2015
CVE-2015-3178 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream moodle package and not the moodle package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3178
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49718
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313685
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/18/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74726
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358