CVE-2023-23922 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Moodle, stemming from insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in blog search. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a victim into clicking a specially crafted link, leading to the execution of arbitrary HTML and script code in the user's browser. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low impact to confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:4.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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