CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-102581

MediumCVSS 4.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Moodle, insufficient output escaping in templates used to display forum posts enables a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious content into a forum post, which then executes arbitrary script code in the browser of another user viewing the affected post.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of other users viewing the forum, potentially leading to session theft, credential theft, or exposure of other sensitive information.

Recommendation

Update Moodle to a version that fixes output escaping in forum templates. Consider implementing CSP to mitigate XSS impact.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Moodle. Insufficient output escaping in templates used to display forum posts enables a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious content into a forum post, which then executes arbitrary script code in the browser of another user viewing the affected post.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS