Moodle allows attackers to cause a denial of service
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 25, 2024
Package
Affected versions
< 2.6.7
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.4
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.2
Patched versions
2.6.7
2.7.4
2.8.2
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 1, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jan 25, 2024
Last updated
Jan 25, 2024
filter/mediaplugin/filter.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 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.
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