What is CVE-2015-5272?

CVE-2015-5272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2015-5272?

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

Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2015-5272

The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."

EPSS: 0.015 (71.7th 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 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5272?: CVE-2015-5272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2015-5272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.