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Security advisory
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-8642
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, the question engine allows access to files that should not be available.
osv:CVE-2016-8642
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:20.118214702Z",
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