Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2015-3272
Published: February 22, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40473
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3272
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Open redirect vulnerability in the clean_param function in lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.9, 2.8.x before 2.8.7, and 2.9.x before 2.9.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via vectors involving an HTTP Referer header that has a substring match with a local URL. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/601.html">CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')</a>
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3272
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.9-1.fc21, 2.8.7-1.fc22, 2.9.1-1.fc23