CVE-2015-5266
medium
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Moodle allows attackers to obtain manager privileges
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
77%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.7.0,<2.7.10 | 2.7.10 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.8.0,<2.8.8 | 2.8.8 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | >=2.9.0,<2.9.2 | 2.9.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| moodle | moodle | {"endIncluding":"2.6.11"} | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.0 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.4 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.5 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.6 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.7 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.8 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.7.9 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.0 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.1 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.2 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.3 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.4 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.5 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.6 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.8.7 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.9.0 | |
| moodle | moodle | 2.9.1 | |
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50744
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320290
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5266
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/936facab28d8d8bd03f38da42cb80fafba1a06db
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ab006d43e48add8e5495141d4d750c1531772ca2
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/dff6cdc88355f22ebaaf8f00c44a1ad51d272344
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/f7fbc80766b72ed1c9915698edd443ee8f6eafbd
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160323063809/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.