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Vulnerability details: VCID-n9uc-b76m-8fbs
Vulnerability ID VCID-n9uc-b76m-8fbs
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to bypass intended file-management restrictions by using web services to perform uploads after this capability has been revoked.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 None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
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
There are no known severity scores.
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://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://web.archive.org/web/20200228054133/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74728
https://web.archive.org/web/20201030042703/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358
CVE-2015-3181 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3181
GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-622h-cjgg-5mx6
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

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Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:42:46.162417+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2015-3181.yml 38.6.0