What is CVE-2016-5014?

CVE-2016-5014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-5014?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Moodle

CVE-2016-5014

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, an unenrolled user still receives event monitor notifications even though they can no longer access the course.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-01-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92042 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5014?: CVE-2016-5014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-5014?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.