Multiple security issues were reported in Moodle CMS and announced via CVENEW mail. CVE-2016-9186: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the "legacy course files" and "file manager" modules in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors. This one should be Windows specific. CVE-2016-9187: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the double extension support in the "image" module in Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors. CVE-2016-9188: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Moodle CMS on or before 3.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s_additionalhtmlhead, s_additionalhtmltopofbody, and s_additionalhtmlfooter parameters. References: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139466/Moodle-CMS-3.1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html
Created moodle tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1392335] Affects: epel-all [bug 1392336]
Sub-bugs are already on the way to repos.