CVE-2016-0725
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search_pagination function in course/classes/management_renderer.php in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.10, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, and 3.0.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted search string.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Base score: 6.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.57%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 75
- Score date: 10/19/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52552
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176502.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176436.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034694
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=326206
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52552
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176502.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176436.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034694
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=326206
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