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Fencer Intel
medium 4.0

CVE-2015-3181 json

Moodle allows attackers to bypass file-management restrictions

published 2015-06-01 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6 , EUVD-2022-2685

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

files/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 does not consider the moodle/user:manageownfiles capability before approving a private-file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file-management restrictions by using web services to perform uploads after this capability has been revoked.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.6.11, 2.7.8, 2.8.6

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-2015-3181 updated cvss 5.8

moodle: several flaws fixed in 2.9, 2.8.6, 2.7.8, 2.6.11

  • 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
<2.6.11
>=2.7.0, <2.7.8
>=2.8.0, <2.8.6
2.6.11
2.7.8
2.8.6

Classification

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

References

Sources

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