What is CVE-2016-9186?

CVE-2016-9186 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-9186?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Moodle

CVE-2016-9186

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "legacy course files" and "file manager" modules in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.021 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Moodle
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

94190 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9186?: CVE-2016-9186 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-9186?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.