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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5264

Published: Feb 22, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5264
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The lesson module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and enter additional answer attempts by leveraging the student role.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MoodleMoodle*2.6.11 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.0 (including)2.7.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.2 (including)2.7.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.3 (including)2.7.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.4 (including)2.7.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.5 (including)2.7.5 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.6 (including)2.7.6 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.7 (including)2.7.7 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.8 (including)2.7.8 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.9 (including)2.7.9 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.0 (including)2.8.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.1 (including)2.8.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.2 (including)2.8.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.3 (including)2.8.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.4 (including)2.8.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.5 (including)2.8.5 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.6 (including)2.8.6 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.8.7 (including)2.8.7 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.9.0 (including)2.9.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.9.1 (including)2.9.1 (including)
MoodleUbuntuartful*
MoodleUbuntuprecise*
MoodleUbuntutrusty*
MoodleUbuntuupstream*
MoodleUbuntuvivid*
MoodleUbuntuwily*
MoodleUbuntuyakkety*
MoodleUbuntuzesty*

References

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