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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-m7cc-6vhg-39wr)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433931

Description

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

 - Moodle 2.9.x before 2.9.3 does not properly check the contact list before authorizing message
 transmission, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct
 spam attacks via the messaging API. (CVE-2015-5331)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7cc-6vhg-39wr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433931

Version: Revision 1.3

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-2015-5331

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: 11/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5331

BID: 77607