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CVE-2016-8642

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Date: January 20, 2017

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8642

Url: https://github.com/moodle/moodle

Url: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343275

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20210123193602/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94441

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94441

Url: https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/cf0b9432d81ba9d5763e4894f82c95ca9fbf548f

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8642

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v2.7.17,v2.9.9,v3.0.7,v3.1.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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