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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14320

In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4 and 3.7.7, the filter in the admin task log required extra sanitizing to prevent a reflected XSS risk.

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CVE-2020-14320
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1 Nov 2026, 07:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-14320

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Aug 2022, 21:15 UTC

In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4 and 3.7.7, the filter in the admin task log required extra sanitizing to prevent a reflected XSS risk.

osv:CVE-2020-14320
Complete source record
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  "id": "5fe67f321c68a71a1eef93f256d8f97acb0eeb7b2096acf26b4e39cd1fd86e12",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14320",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-14320",
    "summary": "In Moodle before 3.9.1, 3.8.4 and 3.7.7, the filter in the admin task log required extra sanitizing to prevent a reflected XSS risk.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-14320",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-14320",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-moodle-2020-14320",
        "CVE-2020-14320",
        "GHSA-fcpw-vqh5-6qwj"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/moodle/moodle",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "89457b26d192c06325bb6782b85d1025dafbefe9"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "952a894a97696bb6f1e5dc1bdb5d635ee9195a9a"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "f968cd44e8ee5d54b1bc56823040ff770dbf18af"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8634f2b67212fa58915d187a2d42718ab0935f93"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "500c131eb49771e36f68d151dfa37fef5a9bc2df"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "500c131eb49771e36f68d151dfa37fef5a9bc2df"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.7.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.8.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.9.0-NA"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.9.0-NA"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.9.0-NA",
            "v3.9.0",
            "v3.8.3",
            "v3.7.6",
            "v3.7.5",
            "v3.8.2",
            "v3.8.1",
            "v3.7.4",
            "v3.8.0",
            "v3.7.3",
            "v3.7.2",
            "v3.7.0",
            "v3.7.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14320.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:56.536286237Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=407392"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-14320",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438687,
  "published_at": "2022-08-16T21:15:09.4+00:00"
}