CVE-2016-9186: Moodle

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "legacy course files" and "file manager" modules in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Moodle Moodle: up to and including 3.1.2

Published 2016-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.