PT-2015-1603 · Moodle · Moodle

Emiel Florijn · Published 2015-02-09 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2015-1493

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions prior to 2.5.9 Moodle versions 2.6.x before 2.6.8 Moodle versions 2.7.x before 2.7.5 Moodle versions 2.8.x before 2.8.3

Description The issue exists due to incorrect restriction of the directory path name in the min get slash argument function of the lib/configonlylib.php component in the Moodle learning management system. This allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files by exploiting the directory traversal vulnerability using a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Recommendations For Moodle versions prior to 2.5.9, update to version 2.5.9 or later. For Moodle versions 2.6.x before 2.6.8, update to version 2.6.8 or later. For Moodle versions 2.7.x before 2.7.5, update to version 2.7.5 or later. For Moodle versions 2.8.x before 2.8.3, update to version 2.8.3 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the min get slash argument function in lib/configonlylib.php to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-10935

CVE-2015-1493

GHSA-GPHJ-63H8-R9VQ

MGASA-2015-0057

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 24

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0057 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1493 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1493 · Security Note
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=279956 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10935 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0057.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gphj-63h8-r9vq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fc · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a72f2cca7f08c354c18a3923c3f05eee50bdd434 · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/cc496f5b27d36a8df4bcede997a484eb9719363b · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0289be1321babfa588fb5b18ebb08a296eed9eee · Note
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fc · Note