CVE-2014-7835: Moodle

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

webservice/upload.php in Moodle 2.6.x before 2.6.6 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not ensure that a file upload is for a private or draft area, which allows remote authenticated users to upload files containing JavaScript, and consequently conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, by specifying the profile-picture area.

Affected products

• Moodle Moodle: up to and including 2.4.11; version 2.5.0 only; version 2.5.1 only; version 2.5.2 only; version 2.5.3 only; version 2.5.4 only; …

Published 2014-11-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.