Security Features in Moodle - CVE-2015-5331
Published: February 22, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40462
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5331
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
Moodle 2.9.x before 2.9.3 does not properly check the contact list before authorizing message transmission, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct spam attacks via the messaging API.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5331
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.11-1.el6, 2.8.9-1.fc22, 2.9.3-1.fc23, 3.0-1.el7, 3.0.1-1.el7