MSA-22-0023: Stored XSS and page denial of service risks due to recursive rendering in Mustache template helpers

MSA-22-0023: Stored XSS and page denial of service risks due to recursive rendering in Mustache template helpers

by Michael Hawkins -
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Recursive rendering of Mustache template helpers containing user input could, in some cases, result in an XSS risk or a page failing to load.


Severity/Risk: Serious
Versions affected: 4.0 to 4.0.3, 3.11 to 3.11.9, 3.9 to 3.9.16 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 4.0.4, 3.11.10 and 3.9.17
Reported by: Adam Roberts, NCC Group
CVE identifier: CVE-2022-40313
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-68066
Tracker issue: MDL-68066 Stored XSS and page denial of service risks due to recursive rendering in Mustache template helpers