A flaw was found in Moodle. Insufficient output escaping in templates used to display forum posts enables a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious content into a forum post, which then executes arbitrary script code in the browser of another user viewing the affected post.
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Moodle
Moodle moodle
Vendors & Products Moodle
Moodle moodle

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Description A flaw was found in Moodle. Insufficient output escaping in templates used to display forum posts enables a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious content into a forum post, which then executes arbitrary script code in the browser of another user viewing the affected post.
Title Moodle: xss in forum post templates due to insufficient escaping
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2026-09-30T08:36:08.405Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T14:35:11.793Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T14:03:38.494Z

Link: CVE-2026-102581

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T14:35:07.872Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-30T09:17:15.213

Modified: 2026-10-01T15:19:52.710

Link: CVE-2026-102581

cve-icon Redhat

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