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Vulnerability details: VCID-hnua-2hc4-8khx
Vulnerability ID VCID-hnua-2hc4-8khx
Aliases CVE-2015-3181
GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6
Summary Moodle allows attackers to bypass file-management restrictions files/externallib.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 does not consider the moodle/user:manageownfiles capability before approving a private-file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file-management restrictions by using web services to perform uploads after this capability has been revoked.
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-49994
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/18/1
epss 0.00328 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3181
epss 0.00328 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3181
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/350397da93c557f577e7d62e7fc3e233792ad171
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/4b6b64685affa66784fd238c1bbc1eb0651492a0
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/57d9a750e3da6708dba13513e9b05e84a895ad9f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/8e8ee7530427a10e409386657484e9fd5effc438
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313688
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3181
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200228054133/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74728
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20201030042703/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49994
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/18/1
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3181
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/350397da93c557f577e7d62e7fc3e233792ad171
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/4b6b64685affa66784fd238c1bbc1eb0651492a0
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/57d9a750e3da6708dba13513e9b05e84a895ad9f
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/8e8ee7530427a10e409386657484e9fd5effc438
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313688
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3181
https://web.archive.org/web/20200228054133/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74728
https://web.archive.org/web/20201030042703/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358
GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.54989
EPSS Score 0.00328
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:01.932155+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6/GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6.json 36.1.3