CVE-2015-2268
Moodle allows attackers to cause a denial of service
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.8
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
- Record
CVE-2015-2268- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
- Record
CVE-2015-2268- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-2120 No score
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
- Record
EUVD-2022-2120- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-36cm-vrqh-8p98 No score
Moodle allows attackers to cause a denial of service
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
- Record
GHSA-36cm-vrqh-8p98- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-36cm-vrqh-8p98 No score
Moodle allows attackers to cause a denial of service
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
- Record
GHSA-36cm-vrqh-8p98- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0110 No score
Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated moodle package fixes security vulnerabilities:
In Moodle before 2.6.9, by modifying URL a logged in user can view the list of another user's contacts, number of unread messages and list of their courses (CVE-2015-2266).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, authentication in mdeploy can be bypassed. It is theoretically possible to extract files anywhere on the system where the web server has write access. The attacking user must know details about the system and already have significant permissions on the site (CVE-2015-2267).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, a non-optimal regular expression in the "Convert links to URLs" filter could be exploited to create extra server load or make particular pages unavailable (CVE-2015-2268).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, it is possible to create HTML injection through blocks with configurable titles, however this could only be exploited by users who are already marked as XSS-trusted (CVE-2015-2269).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, for the custom themes that use blocks regions in the base layout the blocks for inaccessible courses could be displayed together with sensitive course-related information. Most of the themes, including all standard Moodle themes, are not affected (CVE-2015-2270).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, users without proper permission are able to mark tags as inappropriate. Since this capability is given to authenticated users by default, this is not an issue for most sites (CVE-2015-2271).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, even when user's password is forced to be changed on login, user could still use it for authentication in order to create the web service token and therefore extend the life of the temporary password via web services (CVE-2015-2272).
In Moodle before 2.6.9, Quiz statistics report did not properly escape student responses and could be used for XSS attack (CVE-2015-2273).
- Record
MGASA-2015-0110- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2268 No score
filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2268- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
moodle/moodlePackagist |
before 2.6.9 | 2.6.9 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.7.0 up to 2.7.6 | 2.7.6 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.8.0 up to 2.8.4 | 2.8.4 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
before 2.6.9, plus listed versions v2.3.10v2.3.11v2.3.4v2.3.5v2.3.6 Show 39 moreShow lessv2.3.7v2.3.8v2.3.9v2.4.0v2.4.0-rc1v2.4.1v2.4.10v2.4.11v2.4.2v2.4.3v2.4.4v2.4.5v2.4.6v2.4.7v2.4.8v2.4.9v2.5.0v2.5.0-betav2.5.0-rc1v2.5.1v2.5.2v2.5.3v2.5.4v2.5.5v2.5.6v2.5.7v2.5.8v2.5.9v2.6.0v2.6.0-betav2.6.0-rc1v2.6.1v2.6.2v2.6.3v2.6.4v2.6.5v2.6.6v2.6.7v2.6.8 |
2.6.9 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.7.0 up to 2.7.6, plus listed versions v2.7.0v2.7.1v2.7.2v2.7.3v2.7.4v2.7.5 |
2.7.6 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.8.0 up to 2.8.4, plus listed versions v2.8.0v2.8.1v2.8.2v2.8.3 |
2.8.4 |
moodleMageia:4 |
before 2.6.10-1.mga4 | 2.6.10-1.mga4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-2268 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Moodle, published March 18, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.22%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in moodle/moodle 2.6.9.
References
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307382
git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38466
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2268
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/07323f50ffc71f8ba1b2914ec8947451e32a61c1
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/12ba38e725440eda73301d1dd354583c26d2c65d
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github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1b249517781dbb49aa19040d7bb6d446d325bf8e
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5219605a81b494c5bb6210ade3ea02d16b1c0d06
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/71ab589855e6ce9fa9a30051f8efd6153284344e
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/82406581afc4fa6e18051900434004d8563cf5c0
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/fdab8c0a518357253ad26bd2f113d7393adf418a
github.com/advisories/GHSA-36cm-vrqh-8p98
github.com/moodle/moodle
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0110.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15501
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307380
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307381
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307383
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307384
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307385
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307386
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307387
docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6.10_release_notes
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=305077
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2268
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2268