CVE-2015-5272 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10. It allows authenticated users with teacher roles to post to arbitrary groups, such as "all participants," bypassing intended access controls. The attack is network-based and low complexity, resulting in a low impact on integrity (unauthorized information modification) with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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