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CVE-2013-4940

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4940 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the io.swf component of Yahoo! YUI 3.10.2, which is widely used in products like Moodle versions through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, stemming from a regression of CVE-2013-4939. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it requires medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, but not full system compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.2.11
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.3.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.4.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.5.1
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yuiFixed in: 3.10.11
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yuiFixed in: 3.10.13

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-x5hj-47vv-53p8medium

YUI Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

git.moodle.org / gw
moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
Vendor Advisory
yuilibrary.com / support/20130515-vulnerability
PatchVendor Advisory