{"id":"CVE-2015-5266","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5266","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:36.235Z","title":"The enrol_meta_sync function in enrol/meta/locallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain manager privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging…","description":"The enrol_meta_sync function in enrol/meta/locallib.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to obtain manager privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging incorrect role processing during a long-running sync script.","published":"2016-02-22T05:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["moodle/moodle"],"epss":{"score":0.01567,"percentile":0.75159,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50744","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320290","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50744","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033619","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=320290","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5266","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}