CVE-2015-3181: Moodle

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

files/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 does not consider the moodle/user:manageownfiles capability before approving a private-file upload, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file-management restrictions by using web services to perform uploads after this capability has been revoked.

Affected products

• Moodle Moodle: up to and including 2.5.9; version 2.5.0 only; version 2.5.1 only; version 2.5.2 only; version 2.5.3 only; version 2.5.4 only; …

Published 2015-06-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.