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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-cw72-69wq-f9f2)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433901
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- The save_submission function in mod/assign/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13,
2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to
bypass intended due-date restrictions by leveraging the student role for a web-service request.
(CVE-2016-2159)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 433901
Version: Revision 1.2
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/19/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
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: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2159
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 3/21/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-2159
BID: 84981
cwe: CWE-284