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title: "CVE-2010-1619\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-1619

Publication date 29 April 2010

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 the fix\_non\_standard\_entities
function in the KSES HTML text cleaning library (weblib.php), as used in
Moodle 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.9.x before 1.9.8, allows remote attackers
to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted HTML entities.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1619?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1619?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

MSA-10-0001 http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-21026

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| moodle | * Upstream:   <http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lib/weblib.php?r1=1.1349&r2=1.1350> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1619)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1619)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-1619)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1619)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1619>