CVE-2015-1493
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (35)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-gphj-63h8-r9vqMoodle directory traversal vulnerability2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (15)
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- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48980cnnvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fccnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/15cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/2cnnvd
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=279956cnnvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fcenisa_euvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48980enisa_euvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/15enisa_euvd
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