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CVE-2015-1493 json

Moodle directory traversal vulnerability

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-gphj-63h8-r9vq , EUVD-2022-3985

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the min_get_slash_argument function in lib/configonlylib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading PHP scripts.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.6.8, 2.7.5, 2.8.3

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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-2015-1493 updated cvss 5.0

moodle: Directory Traversal Attack possible through some files serving JS (MSA-15-0009)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present “Prevent access to URLs containing "../" or "..\" in web server configuration”

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

2.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<2.6.8
>=2.7.0, <2.7.5
>=2.8.0, <2.8.3
2.6.8
2.7.5
2.8.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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