Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package moodle  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
1.57% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-MOODLE-625821
  • published22 Feb 2016
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016

Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-5266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream moodle package and not the moodle package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.