PT-2017-8418 · Moodle · Moodle

Andrew Nicols · Published 2017-04-20 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2016-3734

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.7 through 2.7.13 Moodle versions 2.8 through 2.8.11 Moodle versions 2.9 through 2.9.5 Moodle versions 3.0 through 3.0.3

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to hijack user authentication for requests that mark forum posts as read.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.7 through 2.7.13, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Moodle versions 2.8 through 2.8.11, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Moodle versions 2.9 through 2.9.5, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Moodle versions 3.0 through 3.0.3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3734

GHSA-R867-V437-4RRM

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 19

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3734 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r867-v437-4rrm · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-53755 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3734 · Security Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1f5c494f761ef7961c449075adf192e149148e1a · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/d98c24659935c1bdff4b35ec0a85ab1a3ab05d9f · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/e90e0ea5700ee9b016034b74ed7f41787109d1a2 · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/01408d619ba89d32f9ad83308990ff9b0374cb57 · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7873e36f0cc0ccfd1424ff9302eb1ea9e4e74305 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/4 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91281 · Note