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Vulnerability details: VCID-ye94-k7jf-hygm
Vulnerability ID VCID-ye94-k7jf-hygm
Aliases CVE-2015-5269
GHSA-5729-822w-j342
Summary Moodle cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in group/overview.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a modified grouping description.
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
cvssv3.1 5.4 http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50709
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50709
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5269
epss 0.00268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5269
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5729-822w-j342
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/45f3b5302d645ba13ca8b68b0106a638ebd21980
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/45f3b5302d645ba13ca8b68b0106a638ebd21980
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a44fed5c804b52e82c334c37dcc1c12b77f97af8
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a44fed5c804b52e82c334c37dcc1c12b77f97af8
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ae6b18a9343083c1ab62d6eb535a7112bd7a3a50
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ae6b18a9343083c1ab62d6eb535a7112bd7a3a50
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/fa5a3cdedcd92bd96881fa89a6ff5efd80bd3512
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/fa5a3cdedcd92bd96881fa89a6ff5efd80bd3512
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320293
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320293
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5269
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5269
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20160323063809/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20160323063809/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619
cvssv3.1 5.4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50709
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5269
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/45f3b5302d645ba13ca8b68b0106a638ebd21980
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a44fed5c804b52e82c334c37dcc1c12b77f97af8
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ae6b18a9343083c1ab62d6eb535a7112bd7a3a50
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/fa5a3cdedcd92bd96881fa89a6ff5efd80bd3512
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320293
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5269
https://web.archive.org/web/20160323063809/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1
GHSA-5729-822w-j342 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5729-822w-j342
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50709
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/45f3b5302d645ba13ca8b68b0106a638ebd21980
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a44fed5c804b52e82c334c37dcc1c12b77f97af8
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ae6b18a9343083c1ab62d6eb535a7112bd7a3a50
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/fa5a3cdedcd92bd96881fa89a6ff5efd80bd3512
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/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=320293
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/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-2015-5269
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20160323063809/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.50081
EPSS Score 0.00268
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:29:31.784930+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-5729-822w-j342/GHSA-5729-822w-j342.json 36.1.3