CVE-2021-36401

Moodle vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

4.8 MediumFix available

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.53%Up 0.5 points since Mar 7, 2023

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.8

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: CVE-2021-36401
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 4.8

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: CVE-2021-36401
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-1009 4.8

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: EUVD-2023-1009
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g6h6-4fp6-w33w 4.8

Moodle vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: GHSA-g6h6-4fp6-w33w
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 4.8

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: CVE-2021-36401
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-g6h6-4fp6-w33w 4.8

Moodle vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: GHSA-g6h6-4fp6-w33w
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-36401 4.8

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36401
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVBIT-moodle-2021-36401 No score

In Moodle, ID numbers exported in HTML data formats required additional sanitizing to prevent a local stored XSS risk.

Record: BIT-moodle-2021-36401
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

moodle

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`moodle/moodle` Packagist	3.11.0-beta up to 3.11.1	3.11.1
`moodle/moodle` Packagist	3.10.0-beta up to 3.10.5	3.10.5
`moodle/moodle` Packagist	before 3.9.8	3.9.8
`moodle` Bitnami	before 3.9.8, 3.10.0 up to 3.10.5, 3.11.0 up to 3.11.1	3.9.83.10.53.11.1
`moodle/moodle` Packagist	3.11.0-beta up to 3.11.1, plus listed versions v3.11.0v3.11.0-betav3.11.0-rc1v3.11.0-rc2	3.11.1
`moodle/moodle` Packagist	3.10.0-beta up to 3.10.5, plus listed versions v3.10.0v3.10.0-betav3.10.0-rc1v3.10.0-rc2v3.10.1v3.10.2v3.10.3v3.10.4	3.10.5
`moodle/moodle` Packagist	before 3.9.8, plus listed versions v2.3.10v2.3.11v2.3.4v2.3.5v2.3.6 Show 45 moreShow less v2.3.7v2.3.8v2.3.9v2.4.0v2.4.0-rc1v2.4.1v2.4.10v2.4.11v2.4.2v2.4.3v2.4.4v2.4.5v2.4.6v2.4.7v2.4.8v2.4.9v2.5.0v2.5.0-betav2.5.0-rc1v2.5.1v2.5.2v2.5.3v2.5.4v2.5.5v2.5.6v2.5.7v2.5.8v2.5.9v2.6.0v2.6.0-betav2.6.0-rc1v2.6.1v2.6.10v2.6.11v2.6.2v2.6.3v2.6.4v2.6.5v2.6.6v2.6.7v2.6.8v2.6.9v2.7.0v2.7.0-betav2.7.0-rc1	3.9.8
`moodle` Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 2.7.9+dfsg-12.7.10+dfsg-12.7.11+dfsg-12.7.11+dfsg-22.7.12+dfsg-13.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu13.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1	None known
`moodle` Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu13.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-36401 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Moodle, published March 6, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in moodle/moodle 3.11.1.

References

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