CVE-2015-3273

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

mod/forum/post.php in Moodle 2.9.x before 2.9.1 does not consider the mod/forum:canposttomygroups capability before authorizing "Post a copy to all groups" actions, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging per-group authorization.

Affected products

Moodle: 2.9.0

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50220
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032877
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316663
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50220
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032877
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316663

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