CVE-2015-5265: Moodle

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The wiki component in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 does not consider the mod/wiki:managefiles capability before authorizing file management, which allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files by using a manage-files button in a text editor.

Affected products

• Moodle Moodle: up to and including 2.6.11; version 2.7.0 only; version 2.7.1 only; version 2.7.2 only; version 2.7.3 only; version 2.7.4 only; …

Published 2016-02-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.