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Moodle does not consider the moodle/tag:flag capability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 25, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

< 2.6.9
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.6
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.4

Patched versions

2.6.9
2.7.6
2.8.4

Description

tag/user.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 does not consider the moodle/tag:flag capability before proceeding with a flaginappropriate action, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via the "Flag as inappropriate" feature.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 1, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jan 25, 2024
Last updated Jan 25, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(43rd percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2015-2271

GHSA ID

GHSA-v3wp-35g3-m9mm

Source code

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