CVE-2016-5013 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

57%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

81%

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, text injection can occur in email headers, potentially leading to outbound spam.

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, text injection can occur in email headers, potentially leading to outbound spam.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2017-01-20 08:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-25 20:22:00

Affected Software

Moodle

Moodle Moodle 2.8

2.8

Moodle Moodle 2.8.1

2.8.1

Moodle Moodle 2.8.2

2.8.2

Moodle Moodle 2.8.3

2.8.3

Moodle Moodle 2.8.4

2.8.4

Moodle Moodle 2.8.5

2.8.5

Moodle 2.8.6

2.8.6

Moodle 2.8.7

2.8.7

Moodle 2.8.8

2.8.8

Moodle 2.8.9

2.8.9

Moodle 2.8.10

2.8.10

Moodle 2.8.11

2.8.11

Moodle 2.8.12

2.8.12

Moodle 2.9

2.9

Moodle 2.9.1

2.9.1

Moodle 2.9.2

2.9.2

Moodle 2.9.3

2.9.3

Moodle 2.9.4

2.9.4

Moodle 2.9.5

2.9.5

Moodle 2.9.6

2.9.6

Moodle 3.0

3.0

Moodle 3.0.1

3.0.1

Moodle 3.0.2

3.0.2

Moodle 3.0.3

3.0.3

Moodle 3.0.4

3.0.4

Moodle 3.1.0

3.1.0

References

92040

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=336698

Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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