Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2015-2271
Published: June 1, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40740
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2271
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
tag/user.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 does not consider the moodle/tag:flag capability before proceeding with a flaginappropriate action, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via the "Flag as inappropriate" feature.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-2271
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.6.10-1.el6, 2.7.7-1.fc21, 2.8.5-1.fc22