3.5
LOW CVSS 2.0
CVE-2015-3179
Moodle Authenticated Bypass vulnerability
Description

login/confirm.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 2.8.x before 2.8.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended login restrictions by leveraging access to an unconfirmed suspended account.

INFO

Published Date :

June 1, 2015, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3179 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Moodle moodle
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended login restrictions in Moodle.
  • Update Moodle to a version that addresses this vulnerability.
  • Apply any available security patches.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3179 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-3179 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-3179 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-3179 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50090
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/18/1
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74725
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358
    Added Reference https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313686
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032358 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74725 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313686 No Types Assigned https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=313686 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 3.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} 0.15%

score

0.54974

percentile