MSA-21-0030: Insufficient escaping of users' names in account confirmation email

by Michael Hawkins.  

Users' names required additional sanitizing in the account confirmation email, to prevent a self-registration phishing risk.


Severity/Risk:Minor
Versions affected:3.11, 3.10 to 3.10.4, 3.9 to 3.9.7 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed:3.11.1, 3.10.5 and 3.9.8
Reported by:Babar Khan Akhunzada
CVE identifier:CVE-2021-36402
Changes (master):http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-58393
Tracker issue:MDL-58393 Insufficient escaping of users' names in account confirmation email

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