Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3272 - Unspecified vulnerability in Moodle

047910
CVSS 5.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
moodle
nessus

Summary

Open redirect vulnerability in the clean_param function in lib/moodlelib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.9, 2.8.x before 2.8.7, and 2.9.x before 2.9.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via vectors involving an HTTP Referer header that has a substring match with a local URL. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/601.html">CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')</a>

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_438911622D5E11E5A4A5002590263BF5.NASL
    descriptionMarina Glancy reports : MSA-15-0026: Possible phishing when redirecting to external site using referer header. (CVE-2015-3272) MSA-15-0027: Capability
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84861
    published2015-07-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84861
    titleFreeBSD : moodle -- multiple vulnerabilities (43891162-2d5e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(84861);
      script_version("2.6");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/21 10:46:31");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3272", "CVE-2015-3273", "CVE-2015-3274", "CVE-2015-3275");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : moodle -- multiple vulnerabilities (43891162-2d5e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Marina Glancy reports :
    
    MSA-15-0026: Possible phishing when redirecting to external site using
    referer header. (CVE-2015-3272)
    
    MSA-15-0027: Capability 'mod/forum:canposttomygroups' is not respected
    when using 'Post a copy to all groups' in forum (CVE-2015-3273)
    
    MSA-15-0028: Possible XSS through custom text profile fields in Web
    Services (CVE-2015-3274)
    
    MSA-15-0029: JavaScript injection in SCORM module (CVE-2015-3275)"
      );
      # http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/94
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/94"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.7.9_release_notes"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.7_release_notes"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.1_release_notes"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/43891162-2d5e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?be84a774"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:moodle27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:moodle28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:moodle29");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/07/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/07/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/20");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"moodle27<2.7.9")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"moodle28<2.8.7")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"moodle29<2.9.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-14996.NASL
    descriptionmoodle-2.7.9-1.fc21 - 2.7.9. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-09-16
    plugin id85956
    published2015-09-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85956
    titleFedora 21 : moodle-2.7.9-1.fc21 (2015-14996)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-14987.NASL
    descriptionmoodle-2.9.1-1.fc23 - 2.9.1 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-09-21
    plugin id86032
    published2015-09-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86032
    titleFedora 23 : moodle-2.9.1-1.fc23 (2015-14987)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-14988.NASL
    descriptionmoodle-2.8.7-1.fc22 - Latest upstream release. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-09-16
    plugin id85955
    published2015-09-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85955
    titleFedora 22 : moodle-2.8.7-1.fc22 (2015-14988)