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CVE-2015-5268 json

Moodle mishandles group-based authorization checks

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-h34c-px28-rjgw , EUVD-2022-4048

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The rating component in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 mishandles group-based authorization checks, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a rating value.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.7.10, 2.8.8, 2.9.2

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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-2015-5268 updated cvss 6.5

moodle: Multiple security issues (MSA-15-0030, MSA-15-0031, MSA-15-0032, MSA-15-0033, MSA-15-0034, MSA-15-0035, MSA-15-0036)

  • 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

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<2.7.10
>=2.8.0, <2.8.8
>=2.9.0, <2.9.2
2.7.10
2.8.8
2.9.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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