CVE-2016-9187

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.040 · 90 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.97% (90th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the double extension support in the "image" module in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimaryCWE-434US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
moodle moodle≤ 3.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist moodle/moodle2.0.1 → 3.2.1osvUSpkg:composer/moodle/moodle

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-58fm-v4pr-jh8pMoodle Unrestricted file upload vulnerability2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the double extension support in the "image" module in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-11-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139466/Moodle-CMS-3.1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94191 enisa_euvd
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139466/Moodle-CMS-3.1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94191Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139466/Moodle-CMS-3.1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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