CVE-2015-2268

Moodle < 2.5.9, 2.6.x < 2.6.9, 2.7.x < 2.7.6, 2.8.x < 2.8.4 - DoS via Regex

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

filter/urltolink/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a crafted string that is matched against an improper regular expression.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307382
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 69.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (30)
moodle/moodle 2.5.0
moodle/moodle 2.5.1
moodle/moodle 2.5.2
moodle/moodle 2.5.3
moodle/moodle 2.5.4
moodle/moodle 2.5.5
moodle/moodle 2.5.6
moodle/moodle 2.5.7
moodle/moodle 2.5.8
moodle/moodle 2.6.0
... and 20 more
Published Jun 01, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026