CVE-2015-5272
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to...
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."
- Record
CVE-2015-5272- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."
- Record
CVE-2015-5272- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5251 No score
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."
- Record
EUVD-2015-5251- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r227-v24c-j96q
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to...
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."
- Record
GHSA-r227-v24c-j96q- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5272
The Forum module in Moodle 2.7.x before 2.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to post to arbitrary groups by leveraging the teacher role, as demonstrated by a post directed to "all participants."
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5272- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| 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-2015-5272 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Moodle, published February 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320288
git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50576
securitytracker.com/id/1033619
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5272
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r227-v24c-j96q
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5272
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5272