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CVE-2014-9059

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9059 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Moodle versions through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3. The vulnerability arises because Moodle's lib/setup.php does not specify character set information in HTTP headers, potentially allowing remote attackers to inject UTF-7 characters during AJAX interactions. This issue has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.5.9
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.6.6
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.7.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-crcq-pw8h-9xwfmedium

Moodle does not provide charset information in HTTP headers

May 13, 2022

References

git.moodle.org / gw
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71133
securitytracker.com / id/1031215