{"id":"CVE-2016-2152","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2152","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:43:03.659Z","title":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in auth/db/auth.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an…","description":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in auth/db/auth.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an external DB profile field.","published":"2016-05-22T20:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.01465,"percentile":0.73465,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50705","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330174","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50705","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330174","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2152","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."}