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CVE-2015-0214 json

Moodle allows attackers to bypass a messaging-disabled setting

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-4jm2-c9jr-6prf , EUVD-2022-2401

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

message/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a messaging-disabled setting via a web-services request, as demonstrated by a people-search request.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.6.7, 2.7.4, 2.8.2

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0214 updated cvss 4.3

moodle: new update fixes several security issues

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<2.6.7
>=2.7.0, <2.7.4
>=2.8.0, <2.8.2
2.6.7
2.7.4
2.8.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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