What is CVE-2015-5332?

CVE-2015-5332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2015-5332?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2015-5332

Atto in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.9 and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging the guest role and entering drafts with the editor-autosave feature.

EPSS: 0.006 (68.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5332?: CVE-2015-5332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2015-5332?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.