CVE-2016-2159
First published: Sun May 22 2016(Updated: )
The save_submission function in mod/assign/externallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended due-date restrictions by leveraging the student role for a web-service request.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle Moodle | <=2.6.11 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.0 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.1 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.2 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.3 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.4 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.5 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.6 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.7 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.8 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.9 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.10 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.11 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.7.12 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.0 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.1 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.2 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.3 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.4 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.5 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.6 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.7 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.8 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.9 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.8.10 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.9.0 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.9.1 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.9.2 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.9.3 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =2.9.4 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =3.0.0 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =3.0.1 | |
| Moodle Moodle | =3.0.2 | |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=3.0<3.0.3 | 3.0.3 |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=2.9<2.9.5 | 2.9.5 |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=2.8<2.8.11 | 2.8.11 |
| composer/moodle/moodle | >=2.7<2.7.13 | 2.7.13 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-52901
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330182
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2159
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/0766509ab02353008af62f953f7ebc0f6210411a
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/3c069c16db62d0e0a64137578e92c22d604dd261
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/711f9468d4e2792afe0f2025ac98c52ee3e4ee71
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/dc8421575f35585a7a4fc1c9710dafd1d0483d4e
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/ea8987644fdbbee291337263598b0c3c7bf27c36
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160424224349/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw72-69wq-f9f2 (Advisory)
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/type
- collector/github-advisory-latest
- source/GitHub
- alias/GHSA-cw72-69wq-f9f2
- alias/CVE-2016-2159
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/author
- collector/github-advisory
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/trending
- vendor/moodle
- canonical/moodle moodle
- version/moodle moodle/2.6.11
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.0
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.1
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.2
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.3
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.4
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.5
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.6
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.7
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.8
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.9
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.10
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.11
- version/moodle moodle/2.7.12
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.0
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.1
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.2
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.3
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.4
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.5
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.6
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.7
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.8
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.9
- version/moodle moodle/2.8.10
- version/moodle moodle/2.9.0
- version/moodle moodle/2.9.1
- version/moodle moodle/2.9.2
- version/moodle moodle/2.9.3
- version/moodle moodle/2.9.4
- version/moodle moodle/3.0.0
- version/moodle moodle/3.0.1
- version/moodle moodle/3.0.2
- package-manager/composer