MSA-10-0017: XSS vulnerability in YUI 2.4.0 through YUI 2.8.1

MSA-10-0017: XSS vulnerability in YUI 2.4.0 through YUI 2.8.1

by Petr Skoda -
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Topic: XSS vulnerability in YUI 2.4.0 through YUI 2.8.1
Severity: Critical
Versions affected: < 1.9.10
Reported and coordinated by: YUI development team
Issue no.: MDL-24808
Solution: upgrade to Moodle 1.9.10 or replace the following vulnerable files as described in the linked YUI support document
/lib/yui/uploader/assets/uploader.swf
/lib/yui/charts/assets/charts.swf

Description:

Moodle 1.9.9 or older include YUI library 2.6.0 which is one of the vulnerable versions described in http://yuilibrary.com/support/2.8.2/, this makes all older versions of Moodle 1.9.x vulnerable.