MEDIUM
The KSES text cleaning filter in lib/weblib.php in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 does not properly handle vbscript URIs, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML input
Published Jun 28, 2010
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.23%
Description
The KSES text cleaning filter in lib/weblib.php in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 does not properly handle vbscript URIs, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML input.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 1.8.12
- 1.1.1
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.8.6
- 1.8.7
- 1.8.8
- 1.8.9
- 1.8.10
- 1.8.11
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
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.
2.23% 0.02226
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02226
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02226) | 82.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02226) | 80.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00396) | 58.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00121) | 48.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 46.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 44.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 78.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 76.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 55.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.812.2.114&r2=1.812.2.115 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.970.2.171&r2=1.970.2.172 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.13_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.9_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043285.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043291.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043340.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=152368 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40248 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40352 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-22042 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/21/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1530 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1571 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605809 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gm8-32vv-q8mp Advisory
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/704c5dfed4f4531b6d74d19cfad573984e74885e
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2230
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100621005117/http://secunia.com/advisories/40248
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100711044720/http://secunia.com/advisories/40352
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 28, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 9, 2010
Link CVE-2010-2230
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-3GM8-32VV-Q8MP Updated n/a