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CVE-2015-5266

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
22/02/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The enrol_meta_sync function in enrol/meta/locallib.php 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 obtain manager privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging incorrect role processing during a long-running sync script.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
6.80
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.11 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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