CVE-2015-5272

medium

Description

The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."

References

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320288

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50576

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-02-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N