PT-2019-7562 · Edx · Edx-Platform

Ed Zarecor · Published 2019-07-29 · Updated 2020-01-07 · CVE-2016-10766

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 edx-platform versions prior to 2016-06-06

Description The issue allows for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. CSRF is a type of attack where an attacker tricks a user into performing unintended actions on a web application that the user is authenticated to.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016-06-06, update to a version released after 2016-06-06 to resolve the issue.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10766

Affected Products

Edx-Platform

References · 6

• https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/commit/d54f79f5bf3e1af17063937df1abc0026843412d.patch · Patch
• https://open.edx.org/announcements/cross-site-request-forgery-bug-edx-lms · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10766 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/5926 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/5774 · Telegram Post