In short
- CVE-2024-28593 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting moodle/moodle, moodle (moodle).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.55%, higher than 46.1% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| moodle/moodle Packagist | ≤ 4.3.3
| No fix yet |
| moodle | = 4.3.3
| No fix yet |
Description
The Chat activity in Moodle 4.3.3 allows students to insert a potentially unwanted HTML A element or IMG element, or HTML content that leads to a performance degradation. NOTE: the vendor's Using_Chat page says "If you know some HTML code, you can use it in your text to do things like insert images, play sounds or create different coloured and sized text." This page also says "Chat is due to be removed from standard Moodle."
NVD description
The Chat activity in Moodle 4.3.3 allows students to insert a potentially unwanted HTML A element or IMG element, or HTML content that leads to a performance degradation. NOTE: the vendor's Using_Chat page says "If you know some HTML code, you can use it in your text to do things like insert images, play sounds or create different coloured and sized text." This page also says "Chat is due to be removed from standard Moodle."
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