CVE-2015-3178
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the external_format_text function in lib/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the external_format_text function in lib/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into an external application via a crafted string that is visible to web services.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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)
- 1.4% · top 26% of all CVEs (11 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-9fmw-m4qx-6cq8 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49718 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1032358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313685 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74726 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150518 Moodle security advisories [vs] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2022-3364 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9fmw-m4qx-6cq8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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