CVE-2016-2156
Moodle provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden
CVE-2016-2156 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Moodle, published March 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.69%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in moodle/moodle 2.7.13.
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
CVE-2016-2156- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
CVE-2016-2156- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4112 No score
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4112- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h8vc-v44p-5r2q
4.3
Moodle provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
GHSA-h8vc-v44p-5r2q- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.3
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
CVE-2016-2156- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h8vc-v44p-5r2q
4.3
Moodle provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
GHSA-h8vc-v44p-5r2q- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2156
4.3
calendar/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 provides calendar-event data without considering whether an activity is hidden, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a web-service request.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2156- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0122 No score
Updated moodle packages fix security vulnerability
In Moodle before 2.8.11, teachers who otherwise were not supposed to see students' emails could see them in the participants list (CVE-2016-2151).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, Moodle traditionally trusted content from external DB, however it was decided that external datasources may not be aware of web security practices and data could cause problems after importing to Moodle (CVE-2016-2152).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, a user with higher permissions could be tricked into clicking a link which would result in Reflected XSS in mod_data advanced search (CVE-2016-2153).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, users without capability to view hidden courses but with capability to subscribe to Event Monitor rules could see the names of hidden courses (CVE-2016-2154).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, the Non-Editing Instructor role can edit the exclude checkbox in the Single View grade report (CVE-2016-2155).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, users without the capability to view hidden acitivites could still see associated calendar events via web services, via the external function get_calendar_events (CVE-2016-2156).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, CSRF is possible on the Assignment plugin admin page, however an exploit is unlikely to benefit anybody and can easily be reversed (CVE-2016-2157).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, enumeration of course category details is possible without authentication (CVE-2016-2158).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, students were able to add assignment submissions after the due date through web service, via the external function mod_assign_save_submission (CVE-2016-2159).
In Moodle before 2.8.11, when following external links that were added with the _blank target, a referer header would be added (CVE-2016-2190).
- Record
MGASA-2016-0122- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
moodle/moodlePackagist |
before 2.7.13 | 2.7.13 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.8.0 up to 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.9.0 up to 2.9.5 | 2.9.5 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
3.0.0 up to 3.0.3 | 3.0.3 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
before 2.7.13, plus listed versions v2.3.10v2.3.11v2.3.4v2.3.5v2.3.6 Show 45 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-rc1v2.6.1v2.6.10v2.6.11v2.6.2v2.6.3v2.6.4v2.6.5v2.6.6v2.6.7v2.6.8v2.6.9v2.7.0v2.7.0-betav2.7.0-rc1 |
2.7.13 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.8.0 up to 2.8.11, plus listed versions v2.8.0v2.8.1v2.8.10v2.8.2v2.8.3 Show 6 moreShow lessv2.8.4v2.8.5v2.8.6v2.8.7v2.8.8v2.8.9 |
2.8.11 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
2.9.0 up to 2.9.5, plus listed versions v2.9.0v2.9.1v2.9.2v2.9.3v2.9.4 |
2.9.5 |
moodle/moodlePackagist |
3.0.0 up to 3.0.3, plus listed versions v3.0.0v3.0.1v3.0.2 |
3.0.3 |
moodleMageia:5 |
before 2.8.11-1.mga5 | 2.8.11-1.mga5 |
moodleUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1, plus listed versions 2.7.9+dfsg-12.7.10+dfsg-12.7.11+dfsg-12.7.11+dfsg-22.7.12+dfsg-1 |
3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1 |
moodleUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1 | 3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52808
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330178
securitytracker.com/id/1035333
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2156
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/39b851376337b853c8d403dcba64645d16f0a9bd
Show 22 moreShow less
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/783e695e00689d67925d6f83722d344c0bd6de94
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/854e7b8ed0a84eb91ca455ca290427d22bc20baf
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/c631b112d6e729c84f5d559371a399fe54502ba3
github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/d63ac148b95e5f909618e75efd76f6b5032da158
web.archive.org/web/20160424224349/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8vc-v44p-5r2q
github.com/moodle/moodle
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0122.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18048
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330173
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330174
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330175
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330176
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330177
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330179
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330180
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330181
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330182
docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.11_release_notes
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=329783
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2156
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2156
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