CVE-2015-5332 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause disk consumption denial of service in Moodle by leveraging guest role and editor-autosave drafts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-5332?
CVE-2015-5332 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 22 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5332?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moodle Moodle.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5332?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-5332 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5332 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle
- CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id
- CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfgq-37vh-892j.