CVE-2016-8642

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.20% (68th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

44 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USprimaryCWE-284USCWE-284US

affected products (44)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Moodle 2.x and 3.x≤ Moodle 2.x and 3.xenisa_euvdEU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle2.7 → 2.7.16fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle2.8 → 2.8.12fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle2.9 → 2.9.8fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle3.0 → 3.0.6fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle3.1 → 3.1.2fstec_bduRU
moodle moodle≤ 2.7.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle= 2.8.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-x32v-7qw8-cpq8Moodle Unauthenticated Access2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-01-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343275 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94441 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94441 enisa_euvd
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343275 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94441Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343275PatchVendor Advisorynvd

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