# CVE-2010-2228: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MNET access-control interface in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 allows remote a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-06-28 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MNET access-control interface in Moodle before 1.8.13 and 1.9.x before 1.9.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving extended characters in a username.

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## References

- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.8.13_release_notes
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043285.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1571
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/21/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40352
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1530
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043340.html
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_1.9.9_release_notes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40248
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043291.html
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=152366
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-22040
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605809

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