CVE-2022-45151: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

November 23, 2022 (updated November 7, 2023)

The stored-XSS vulnerability was discovered in Moodle which exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in several “social” user profile fields. An attacker could inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website.

References

git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-76131
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142774
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=440771
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45151

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