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CVE-2015-5342 json

Moodle allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions

published 2016-02-22 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6xpm-q8x9-j3rw , EUVD-2022-2879

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The choice module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by visiting a URL to add or delete responses in the closed state.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.7.11, 2.8.9, 2.9.3

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-2015-5342 updated

moodle: Multiple security issues fixed in 2.7.11, 2.8.9, 2.9.3

  • 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

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% 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:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<2.7.11
>=2.8.0, <2.8.9
>=2.9.0, <2.9.3
2.7.11
2.8.9
2.9.3

Classification

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

References

Sources

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