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title: "CVE-2013-4942\n | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4942
Publication date 29 July 2013
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 flashuploader.swf in the
Uploader component in Yahoo! YUI 3.5.0 through 3.9.1, as used in Moodle
through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before
2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to
inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string in a URL.
## Status
Show unmaintained releases
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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)
## References
* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4942)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4942)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4942)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4942)
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