PT-2016-1294 · Moodle · Moodle

Brian Winstead · Published 2015-09-23 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2015-5266

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions prior to 2.6.11 Moodle versions 2.7.x before 2.7.10 Moodle versions 2.8.x before 2.8.8 Moodle versions 2.9.x before 2.9.2

Description The issue is related to the enrol meta sync function in enrol/meta/locallib.php, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain manager privileges by leveraging incorrect role processing during a long-running sync script. This is due to insufficient access control, enabling an attacker to exploit the vulnerability and elevate their privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.11, update to version 2.6.11 or later. For versions 2.7.x before 2.7.10, update to version 2.7.10 or later. For versions 2.8.x before 2.8.8, update to version 2.8.8 or later. For versions 2.9.x before 2.9.2, update to version 2.9.2 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00591

CVE-2015-5266

GHSA-454R-4CJV-VC9H

MGASA-2015-0381

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 30

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-454r-4cjv-vc9h · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5266 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0381.html · Security Note
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5266 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00591 · Security Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/dff6cdc88355f22ebaaf8f00c44a1ad51d272344 · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/936facab28d8d8bd03f38da42cb80fafba1a06db · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/f7fbc80766b72ed1c9915698edd443ee8f6eafbd · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ab006d43e48add8e5495141d4d750c1531772ca2 · Note
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320289 · Note