CVE-2015-5332

6.8 MEDIUM

Published: February 22, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Atto in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.9 and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging the guest role and entering drafts with the editor-autosave feature.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-51000

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323229

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-51000

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323229

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

6.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.6%

69th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

moodle

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