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CVE-2026-102581: Moodle: xss in forum post templates due to insufficient escaping

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: git.moodle.org moodle 4.5.13, 5.0.9, 5.1.6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to git.moodle.org moodle 4.5.13, 5.0.9, 5.1.6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Sep 30, 2026
Updated
Oct 1, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 9th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.4
CNA · fedora
4.6
0.8 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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VendorProduct
moodlemoodle

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (fedora). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • git.moodle.org moodle

    • 5.2.0 and later · before 5.2.2affected · semver
    • 5.1.0 and later · before 5.1.6affected · semver
    • 5.0.0 and later · before 5.0.9affected · semver
    • before 4.5.13affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (4)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • moodle moodlebefore 4.5.13
  • moodle moodle5.0.0 and later · before 5.0.9
  • moodle moodle5.1.0 and later · before 5.1.6
  • moodle moodle5.2.0 and later · before 5.2.2

Same product

moodle: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-43425Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types
    60This week
  • CVE-2021-36393In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses.
    55Plan
  • CVE-2022-0332A flaw was found in Moodle in versions 3.11 to 3.11.4.
    49Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-102579Sep 30, 2026 · Moodle: user profile information disclosure via grade web service
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-102580Sep 30, 2026 · Moodle: arbitrary class instantiation via report builder audience classname
    17Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-102582Sep 30, 2026 · Moodle: manual enrolment page accessible when plugin disabled
    17Monitor

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Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
git.moodle.org moodle4.5.13Vendor (CNA)
git.moodle.org moodle5.0.9Vendor (CNA)
git.moodle.org moodle5.1.6Vendor (CNA)
git.moodle.org moodle5.2.2Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 14, 2026+45 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-1025860 days apartMoodle: xss via password reset link due to insufficient username escaping
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2025-67849239 days apartMoodle: moodle: cross-site scripting (xss) via improper sanitization of ai prompt responses
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2025-67850239 days apartMoodle: moodle: cross-site scripting vulnerability via inadequate input filtering in formula editor
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2025-67855239 days apartMooodle: mooodle: information disclosure and script execution via reflected cross-site scripting
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2025-3643523 days apartMoodle: reflected xss risk in policy tool
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2022-50943143 days apartMoodle LMS 4.0 Cross-Site Scripting via course search.php
    20Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

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Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. CVSS4.6 → 5.4
  2. SSVC exploitation— → none
  3. Exploit maturity— → none
  4. Fix✗ → ✓

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