Path Traversal in Moodle

CVE-2015-1493

Directory traversal vulnerability in the min_get_slash_argument function in lib/configonlylib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading PHP scripts.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.026 (84.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Moodle — versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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