MEDIUM
Moodle install.php XSS
Published Jan 12, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.95%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in install.php for Moodle 1.8.3, and possibly other versions before 1.8.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbname parameter. NOTE: this issue only exists until the installation is complete.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.95% 0.03949
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03949
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.95% (0.03949) | 90.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.95% (0.03949) | 89.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.83% (0.00827) | 72.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.56% (0.01556) | 87.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 1.69% (0.01688) | 87.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 89.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 7, 2023 | 2.60% (0.02602) | 89.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2023 | 3.64% (0.03641) | 90.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.24% (0.04244) | 90.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 83.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 82.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 65.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0202.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486198/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27259 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0164 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0123 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428731 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39630 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0123
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0123
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-01/0202.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486198/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27259 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0164 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0123 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428731 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39630 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0123 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0123 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 12, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0123
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a