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CVE-2016-2158

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2158 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Moodle versions through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3. When the 'forcelogin' feature is enabled, a remote attacker can leverage the guest role to make an Ajax request to lib/ajax/getnavbranch.php and obtain sensitive category-detail information from the navigation branch. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and impact limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.7.13
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.8.11
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.9.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.0.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-m882-j7gq-v9p7medium

Moodle allows attackers to obtain sensitive category-detail information

May 13, 2022

References

git.moodle.org / gw
moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
securitytracker.com / id/1035333