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>> Moodle "dbname" Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Title : Moodle "dbname" Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0164
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0123
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-16
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A vulnerability has been identified in Moodle, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary scripting code. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "install.php" script when processing the "dbname" parameter and loading flash files, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.
Note: This issue only exists during the installation process.
Affected Products
Moodle version 1.8.3 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to Moodle version 1.8.4 :
http://download.moodle.org/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0164
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-0123-moodle.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Hanno Boeck (schokokeks).
ChangeLog
2008-01-16 : Initial release
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