VPL (Virtual Programming Lab) for Moodle before 5.0.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject script via unencoded filename1/filename2 parameters in similarity/diff.php. Attackers can craft a diff.php link with a JavaScript payload that runs when a user holding mod/vpl:similarity opens it, performing actions or disclosing data under their session.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/113xxx/CVE-2026-113683.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.0.0"
}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"strategy": "StandardRange"
},
{
"range": [
{
"fixed": "5dd7fe00df2816b692f8ea262c6fa8cdee0b26b7"
}
],
"source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
},
{
"original_tag": "V5.0.0",
"range": [
{
"fixed": "b6e590a74859a65d8b3168ea9d54b5517407ed9f"
}
],
"source": "REFERENCES_TAG"
}
]
}