CVE-2004-1978 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Moodle versions prior to 1.3, specifically within the help.php component, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via the 'text' parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with an attack vector requiring network access and medium complexity, leading to potential partial integrity impact (e.g., defacement, session hijacking). While not currently on the KEV catalog or actively exploited, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-24071), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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