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Vulnerability details: VCID-tmwc-f872-mufw
Vulnerability ID VCID-tmwc-f872-mufw
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 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-48691
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://web.archive.org/web/20200227182455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73166
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73166
CVE-2015-2272 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2272
GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5659-g9p4-354f
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:43:04.810501+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2015-2272.yml 38.6.0