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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-x32v-7qw8-cpq8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431749

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.
 (CVE-2016-8642)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x32v-7qw8-cpq8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 431749

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8642

BID: 94441

cwe: CWE-284