CVE-2015-5266

Publication date 22 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The enrol_meta_sync function in enrol/meta/locallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain manager privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging incorrect role processing during a long-running sync script.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
moodle	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
moodle	Upstream: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50744

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.8 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N