CVE-2015-3181

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
01/06/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

files/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 does not consider the moodle/user:manageownfiles capability before approving a private-file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file-management restrictions by using web services to perform uploads after this capability has been revoked.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.9 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*