CVE-2016-8642 in Moodle

Summary

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

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• Reservation: 10/12/2016
• Disclosure: 01/20/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-95740 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-284 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00222
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8642
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8642
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-8642/