CVE-2014-3549

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2014-3549 · Published 29/07/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-3549 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting moodle (moodle).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
moodle moodle	`= 2.7.0`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the get_description function in lib/classes/event/user_login_failed.php in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted username that is improperly handled during the logging of an invalid login attempt.

References

git.moodle.org/gw · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/21/1
securityfocus.com/bid/68761
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

moodle

= 2.7.0

No fix yet

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