CVE-2015-2269

Moodle 2.5.9/2.6.8/2.7.5/2.8.3 - Block Title Handler Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lib/javascript-static.js in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) alt or (2) title attribute in an IMG element.

Múltiples vulnerabilidades de XSS en lib/javascript-static.js en Moodle hasta 2.5.9, 2.6.x anterior a 2.6.9, 2.7.x anterior a 2.7.6, y 2.8.x anterior a 2.8.4 permiten a usuarios remotos autenticados inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a través de un atributo (1) alt o (2) title en un elemento IMG.

Moodle suffers from persistent cross site scripting vulnerabilities. Input passed to the POST parameters 'config_title' and 'title' thru index.php, are not properly sanitized allowing the attacker to execute HTML or JS code into user's browser session on the affected site. Affected components: Blocks, Glossary, RSS and Tags.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-03-09 CVE Reserved
2015-03-17 CVE Published
2015-03-17 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49144	X_refsource_confirm
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/130865	2015-03-17
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36418	2015-03-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307383	2020-12-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				<= 2.5.9 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version " <= 2.5.9"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.2"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.3"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.4 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.4"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.5 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.5"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.6 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.6"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.7 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.7"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.5.8 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.5.8"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.2"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.3"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.4 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.4"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.5 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.5"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.6 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.6"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.7 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.7"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.6.8 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.6.8"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.7.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.7.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.7.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.7.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.7.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.7.2"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.7.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.7.3"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.7.4 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.7.4"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.7.5 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.7.5"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.8.0 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.8.0"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.8.1 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.8.1"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.8.2 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.8.2"		-		Affected
Moodle Search vendor "Moodle"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle"				2.8.3 Search vendor "Moodle" for product "Moodle" and version "2.8.3"		-		Affected