PT-2016-1299 · Moodle · Moodle

Pavel Sokolov · Published 2016-02-22 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2015-5331

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.9.x through 2.9.2

Description The issue is related to errors in checking the contact list, allowing a remote attacker to bypass existing access restrictions and conduct spam attacks. The messaging API is affected, enabling remote authenticated users to exploit this issue.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.9.x through 2.9.2, update to version 2.9.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the messaging API to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00596

CVE-2015-5331

GHSA-M7CC-6VHG-39WR

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 8

• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5331 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m7cc-6vhg-39wr · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00596 · Security Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/cd0c9ac87d75b3d893d61df21e3ecfd12c065c1f · Note
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50426 · Note
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50426 · Note