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CVE-2015-5272 Details

Description

The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50576 CVE
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320288 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619 CVE
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50576 [email protected]

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
moodle moodle
2.7.0
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.7.3
2.7.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5272
NVD Published Date:
Feb 22, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-5272 Details - Not Deferred