Medium severity · published Feb 22, 2016
CVE-2015-5332
Atto in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.9 and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging the guest role and entering drafts…
6.8
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Atto in Moodle 2.8.x before 2.8.9 and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging the guest role and entering drafts with the editor-autosave feature.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
2.8.0; 2.8.1; 2.8.2; 2.8.3; 2.8.4; 2.8.5; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5332
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5332
git.moodle.org
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-51000
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323229
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