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Vulnerability details: VCID-egy8-5d4k-g3fq
Vulnerability ID VCID-egy8-5d4k-g3fq
Aliases CVE-2015-2272
GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f
Summary Moodle allows attackers to bypass a forced-password-change requirement login/token.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 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a forced-password-change requirement by creating a web-services token.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48691
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2272
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2272
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0899c0adc036e34e0c37ea1a8d3551610cdb4233
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6e284d55b234287169f21e6ef8a9a237d6eedfe4
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b0abcbda170b57649e0ed39ac5aca91dbc30337f
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307386
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2272
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200227182455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73166
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73166
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48691
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2272
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0899c0adc036e34e0c37ea1a8d3551610cdb4233
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6e284d55b234287169f21e6ef8a9a237d6eedfe4
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b0abcbda170b57649e0ed39ac5aca91dbc30337f
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307386
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2272
https://web.archive.org/web/20200227182455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73166
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73166
GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.51391
EPSS Score 0.00284
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:18.299230+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f/GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f.json 36.1.3