CVE-2015-0217
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.22% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- moodle/moodle
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48546
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/19/1
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278617Vendor Advisory
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48546
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/19/1
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278617Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.