CVE-2014-9059
Moodle charset Encoding XSS Vulnerability
Description
lib/setup.php in Moodle 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 does not provide charset information in HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF-7 characters during interaction with AJAX scripts.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 24, 2014, 11:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2014-9059 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47966 Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71133 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215 Added Reference https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275146 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 01, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71133 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 24, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275146 No Types Assigned https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275146 Advisory Changed Reference Type http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47966 No Types Assigned http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-47966 Patch Added CWE CWE-79
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9059 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9059
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.32 }} -0.08%
score
0.52162
percentile