Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Search for vulnerabilities
Vulnerability details: VCID-r3f7-9paf-83ht
Vulnerability ID VCID-r3f7-9paf-83ht
Aliases CVE-2015-1493
GHSA-gphj-63h8-r9vq
Summary Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Directory traversal vulnerability in the min_get_slash_argument function in lib/configonlylib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading PHP scripts.
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-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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=commit;h=af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fc
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48980
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/15
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/2
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0289be1321babfa588fb5b18ebb08a296eed9eee
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a72f2cca7f08c354c18a3923c3f05eee50bdd434
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fc
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/cc496f5b27d36a8df4bcede997a484eb9719363b
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=279956
CVE-2015-1493 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1493
GHSA-gphj-63h8-r9vq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gphj-63h8-r9vq
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:42:37.229235+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2015-1493.yml 38.6.0