CVE-2011-4280 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.6% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Spike PHPCoverage (aka spikephpcoverage) library, as used in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.62% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-07-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| moodle | moodle |
| nimish pachapurkar | spike phpcoverage |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Moodle 2.0.1 - 'PHPCOVERAGE_HOME' Cross-Site Scripting | 2011-02-01 |
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1
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