Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2015-5266
Published: February 22, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40467
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5266
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
The enrol_meta_sync function in enrol/meta/locallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain manager privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging incorrect role processing during a long-running sync script.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5266
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