Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Moodle (CVE-2026-102581)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Moodle (CVE-2026-102581). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the 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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-102581 has been found in Moodle.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.6/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Moodle CVE-2026-102581" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-102581 (Moodle) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 4.6
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Moodle.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Moodle.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.6/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Moodle' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Moodle' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Moodleを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web git.moodle.org
- web access.redhat.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web moodle.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com