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title: "CVE-2008-5432\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5432

Publication date 11 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Moodle before 1.6.8, 1.7 before
1.7.6, 1.8 before 1.8.7, and 1.9 before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to
inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Wiki page name (aka page title).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5432)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5432)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5432)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5432)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-791-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-791-1)
+ Moodle vulnerabilities
+ 24 June 2009

### Other references

* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508593>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5432>
