Input validation error in Moodle - CVE-2015-2270
Published: June 1, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40741
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2270
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 gain access to sensitive information.
lib/moodlelib.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, when the theme uses the blocks-regions feature, establishes the course state at an incorrect point in the login-validation process, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive course information via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2015-2270
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