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CVE-2016-8644

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the capability to view course notes is checked in the wrong context.

Affected products

• Moodle: through 2.7.16; 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5 (+26)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94458
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343277
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94458
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343277

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