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title: "CVE-2011-4280\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4280?format=md
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# CVE-2011-4280

Publication date 16 July 2012

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 Spike PHPCoverage (aka
spikephpcoverage) library, as used in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 and other
products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML
via unspecified vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4280?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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

moodle 2.0 only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4280)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4280)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-4280)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4280)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4280>