MSA-12-0032: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Web services

MSA-12-0032: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Web services

by Michael de Raadt -
Number of replies: 0
Topic: XSS in /admin/webservice/service.php
Severity/Risk: Serious
Versions affected: 2.2 to 2.2.2+, 2.1 to 2.1.5+, 2.0 to 2.0.8+
Reported by: Dan Poltawski
Workaround: Avoid Web services
Issue no.: MDL-31694

CVE Identifier:

CVE-2012-2361
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-31694

Description:

The name parameter, sent to the Web service script service.php, was not being filtered correctly.