Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2015-5265
Published: February 22, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40468
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-2015-5265
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
The wiki component 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 does not consider the mod/wiki:managefiles capability before authorizing file management, which allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files by using a manage-files button in a text editor.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5265
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