SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-6vjg-2q57-rgfw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432360

Description

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

- iplookup/index.php in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before
2.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by triggering the
calculation of an estimated latitude and longitude for an IP address. (CVE-2014-7847)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6vjg-2q57-rgfw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432360

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 11/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7847

BID: 71130