CVE-2015-2272 describes a vulnerability in Moodle versions 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. It allows remote authenticated users to bypass a forced-password-change requirement by creating a web-services token via login/token.php. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in a partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no exploit code is publicly available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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