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Moodle allows attackers to obtain sensitive course information

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 25, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

< 2.6.9
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.6
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.4

Patched versions

2.6.9
2.7.6
2.8.4

Description

lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4, when the theme uses the blocks-regions feature, establishes the course state at an incorrect point in the login-validation process, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive course information via unspecified vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 1, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 25, 2024
Last updated Jan 25, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(70th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2015-2270

GHSA ID

GHSA-fp4h-j22r-vwcv

Source code

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