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CVE-2016-9188

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9188 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Moodle CMS versions up to and including 3.1.2, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through specific parameters. With a CVSSv3 score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be executed remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-7ghm-fp7p-qvjqmedium

Moodle XSS Vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/139466/Moodle-CMS-3.1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/94189
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry