{"id":"CVE-2011-4280","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-4280","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:58:20.449Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2012-07-16T10:28:36.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:34:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["moodle/moodle","nimish pachapurkar/spike phpcoverage"],"epss":{"score":0.03619,"percentile":0.89434,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2011-02-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":35297,"kind":"exploit","title":"Moodle 2.0.1 - 'PHPCOVERAGE_HOME' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35297","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/35297.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/35297.txt","published":"2011-02-01","added":"2011-02-01","updated":"2014-11-19","author":"AutoSec Tools","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2011-4280","OSVDB-70735"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46085/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4280","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}