CVE-2015-2268
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (37)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-36cm-vrqh-8p98Moodle allows attackers to cause a denial of service2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (9)
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- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38466cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1cnnvd
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307382cnnvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38466enisa_euvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1enisa_euvd
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307382enisa_euvd
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-38466nvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1nvd
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