{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1493","details":"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as demonstrated by reading PHP scripts.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:11:24.852515Z","published":"2015-06-01T19:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:10Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-1493"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1493"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=commit;h=af9a7937cc085f96bdbc4724cadec6eeae0242fc"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1493"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"moodle","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["2.7.9+dfsg-1","2.7.10+dfsg-1","2.7.11+dfsg-1","2.7.11+dfsg-2","2.7.12+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"moodle"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1493.json"}},{"package":{"name":"moodle","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/moodle@3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"moodle","binary_version":"3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1493.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}