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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-4ppg-2mx6-fqx9)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433727

Description

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

 - login/confirm.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6
 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended login restrictions by leveraging access to an
 unconfirmed suspended account. (CVE-2015-3179)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4ppg-2mx6-fqx9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433727

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3179

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 5/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3179

BID: 74725