Moodle does not provide charset information in HTTP headers
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 25, 2024
Package
Affected versions
< 2.5.9
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.3
Patched versions
2.5.9
2.6.6
2.7.3
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 24, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jan 25, 2024
Last updated
Jan 25, 2024
lib/setup.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not provide charset information in HTTP headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF-7 characters during interaction with AJAX scripts.
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