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.
Published: 2014-11-24
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3625 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-crcq-pw8h-9xwf Moodle does not provide charset information in HTTP headers
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.509Z

Reserved: 2014-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9059

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-24T11:59:14.183

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9059

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Weaknesses