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title: "CVE-2014-3549\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3549

Publication date 29 July 2014

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 get\_description function in
lib/classes/event/user\_login\_failed.php in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.1 allows
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted
username that is improperly handled during the logging of an invalid login
attempt.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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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-2014-3549)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3549)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3549)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3549)

### Other references

* <http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-46201>
* <https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=140590892508533&w=2>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3549>