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CVE-2016-8642 json

Moodle Unauthenticated Access

published 2017-01-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-x32v-7qw8-cpq8 , EUVD-2022-5690

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 2.7.17, 2.9.9, 3.0.7, 3.1.3

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-2016-8642 updated

moodle: Multiple 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

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
>=3.1.0, <3.1.3
>=3.0.0, <3.0.7
>=2.9.0, <2.9.9
>=2.8.0, <=2.8.12
>=2.7.0, <2.7.17
3.1.3
3.0.7
2.9.9
2.7.17

Affected products

  • n/a Moodle 2.x and 3.x

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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