What is CVE-2015-3273?

CVE-2015-3273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2015-3273?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2015-3273

mod/forum/post.php in Moodle 2.9.x before 2.9.1 does not consider the mod/forum:canposttomygroups capability before authorizing "Post a copy to all groups" actions, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging per-group authorization.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3273?: CVE-2015-3273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2015-3273?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.