message/externallib.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 bypass a messaging-disabled setting via a web-services request, as demonstrated by a people-search request.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0214
Reference (s):
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48329
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=278614
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20150119 Moodle security issues are now public
- URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/19/1