CVE-2015-3181 (GCVE-0-2015-3181)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-01 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
Summary
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to bypass intended file-management restrictions by using web services to perform uploads after this capability has been revoked.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1086 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-05-18 00:00
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