CVE-2015-2270 Moodle allows attackers to obtain sensitive course information

What is CVE-2015-2270?

CVE-2015-2270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 1 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4, when the theme uses the blocks-regions feature, establishes the course state at an incorrect point in the login-validation process, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive course information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-17

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2270?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2270?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 2.6.9, 2.7.6 or 2.8.4.

Is CVE-2015-2270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle

• CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fp4h-j22r-vwcv.