A flaw was found in Moodle. Insufficient sanitization of username input on the password reset page allows a remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. By convincing an unauthenticated user to access a specially crafted password reset link, an attacker could execute arbitrary script in the victim's browser.
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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in Moodle. Insufficient sanitization of username input on the password reset page allows a remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. By convincing an unauthenticated user to access a specially crafted password reset link, an attacker could execute arbitrary script in the victim's browser. | |
| Title | Moodle: xss via password reset link due to insufficient username escaping | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fedora
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Updated: 2026-09-30T08:36:19.341Z
Reserved: 2026-09-29T14:03:38.494Z
Link: CVE-2026-102586
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-30T09:17:15.897
Modified: 2026-09-30T09:17:15.897
Link: CVE-2026-102586
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