CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2022-35653 — A reflected XSS issue was identified in the LTI module of Moodle
A reflected XSS issue was identified in the LTI module of Moodle. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the LTI module. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, can perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks. This vulnerability does not impact authenticated users.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Published
- 2022-07-25
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Affected products
- moodle / moodle
- moodle / moodle / 4.0.0
- moodle / moodle / 4.0.1
- fedoraproject / fedora / 35
- fedoraproject / fedora / 36
- redhat / enterprise_linux / 8.0
Matched remediation archetype
Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output
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Check exposure
- Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
- Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
- Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.
Remediate safely
- Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
- Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
- Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.
Authoritative sources
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