Moodle open redirect vulnerability
The advisory, in context
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.
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
From 2.7.0 before 2.7.9
Fixed in 2.7.9
9 explicitly affected versions
v2.7.0, v2.7.1, v2.7.2, v2.7.3, v2.7.4, v2.7.5, v2.7.6, v2.7.7, v2.7.8
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.7.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.7.9"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"v2.7.0",
"v2.7.1",
"v2.7.2",
"v2.7.3",
"v2.7.4",
"v2.7.5",
"v2.7.6",
"v2.7.7",
"v2.7.8"
]
}From 2.8.0 before 2.8.7
Fixed in 2.8.7
7 explicitly affected versions
v2.8.0, v2.8.1, v2.8.2, v2.8.3, v2.8.4, v2.8.5, v2.8.6
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.8.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.8.7"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"v2.8.0",
"v2.8.1",
"v2.8.2",
"v2.8.3",
"v2.8.4",
"v2.8.5",
"v2.8.6"
]
}From 2.9.0 before 2.9.1
Fixed in 2.9.1
1 explicitly affected versions
v2.9.0
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.9.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.9.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"v2.9.0"
]
}References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3272
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5673aae914070fa93b861a39f6bb3eae2f79bbc2
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/5c1f41f0583e9174ead1530f93dc4b260d8036d5
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/9580c08e9e4e5e80606d46aea2014f83f863534f
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/980bd08bdc01586bf8b5d407b049645ea6ff1174
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316662
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032214/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032877
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50688
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/2