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CVE-2023-28331

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28331 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Moodle, stemming from insufficient sanitization of content output by the database auto-linking filter. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to low confidentiality and integrity impacts. Currently, there is 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
> 3.9.0, < 3.9.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 3.11.0, < 3.11.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 4.0.0, < 4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 4.1.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 4.0.7
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.11.13
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.9.20

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-77jm-f3vj-xvx2medium

Moodle vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Mar 23, 2023

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QZN34VSF4HTCW3C3ZP2OZYSLYUKADPF
moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
PatchVendor Advisory