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CVE-2015-1493

Directory traversal vulnerability in the min_get_slash_argument function in lib/configonlylib.php in Moodle through 2.5.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the min_get_slash_argument function in lib/configonlylib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading PHP scripts.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00665
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
moodle<= 2.5.9
moodleall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist moodle/moodle MEDIUM fixed in 2.6.8
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD01 Jun 2015 · 07:59 PM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48980
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/15
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/2
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=279956Vendor Advisory
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