CVE-2011-4280 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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: 2012-07-16

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 3.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:nimish_pachapurkar:spike_phpcoverage::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-4646	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-mx5g-3vxh-rgm8	Moodle vulnerable to XSS via bundled spikephpcoverage library

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03619.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

Nimish Pachapurkar Spike Phpcoverage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-16T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:01:51.589Z

Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4280

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-16T10:28:36.330

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:34:41.780

Link: CVE-2011-4280

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2011-11-13T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2012-07-25T09:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat"}, "references": [{"name": "[oss-security] 20111113 Re: Fwd: DSA 2338-1 moodle security update", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2011-4280", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "[oss-security] 20111113 Re: Fwd: DSA 2338-1 moodle security update", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1"}, {"name": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e"}, {"name": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T00:01:51.589Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "[oss-security] 20111113 Re: Fwd: DSA 2338-1 moodle security update", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "assignerShortName": "redhat", "cveId": "CVE-2011-4280", "datePublished": "2012-07-16T10:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2011-11-04T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T00:01:51.589Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "DD248A1D-CACC-4E76-925A-078B736442AE", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "9B8A0403-0869-495F-B7C0-13A387549C7A", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nimish_pachapurkar:spike_phpcoverage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "38D758B5-30AE-4C49-8701-37B119BF1159", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de ejecuci\u00f3n de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en la biblioteca PHPCoverage Spike (tambi\u00e9n conocido como spikephpcoverage) , tal y como se utiliza en Moodle v2.0.x antes de v2.0.2 y otros productos, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML a trav\u00e9s de vectores no especificados.\r\n"}], "id": "CVE-2011-4280", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:34:41.780", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}]}, "published": "2012-07-16T10:28:36.330", "references": [{"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005"}, {"source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd654f0ced8af925c27b7c94321f0c299b50b38e"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170005"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1"}], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}