CVE-2014-3544
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in user/profile.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 4.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in user/profile.php in Moodle through 2.3.11, 2.4.x before 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.7, 2.6.x before 2.6.4, and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Skype ID profile field.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Moodle 2.7 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34169webapps, phppublished 27 Jul 2014Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 34169 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-c9jp-244j-vh78 (opens in a new tab)
References
9
- [oss-security] 20140721 Moodle security notifications public (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/moodle-2-7-persistent-xss/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-45683 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127624/Moodle-2.7-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34169 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 109337 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 68756 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ce5a785b0962c3c94c7a7b0d36176482d21db95d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264265 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3549 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c9jp-244j-vh78 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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