CVE-2008-5153: Moodle

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

spell-check-logic.cgi in Moodle 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/spell-check-debug.log, (2) /tmp/spell-check-before, or (3) /tmp/spell-check-after temporary file.

Affected products

• Moodle Moodle: version 1.8.2 only

Published 2008-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.