CVE-2015-1493 (GCVE-0-2015-1493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-01 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:47
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the min_get_slash_argument function in lib/configonlylib.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, as demonstrated by reading PHP scripts.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-02-04 00:00
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