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Vulnerability details: VCID-juxh-9fk5-gqcs
Vulnerability ID VCID-juxh-9fk5-gqcs
Aliases CVE-2021-20279
GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx
Summary Moodle contains Stored XSS via ID number user profile field The ID number user profile field required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20279
epss 0.00733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20279
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a7e0ba1e71205ccb0a73dedee414f1a167ee2ed7
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a7e0ba1e71205ccb0a73dedee414f1a167ee2ed7
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419650
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419650
cvssv2 3.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-20279
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a7e0ba1e71205ccb0a73dedee414f1a167ee2ed7
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT/
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419650
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939033
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a7e0ba1e71205ccb0a73dedee414f1a167ee2ed7
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFSNJ7XHVTC52RSRX2GBQFF3VEEAY2MS
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFH5DDMU5TZ3JT4Q52WMRAHACA5MHIMT
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419650
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20279
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.71737
EPSS Score 0.00733
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:28:13.105358+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx/GHSA-h7h6-fwpv-ggvx.json 36.1.3