Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting moodle package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MOODLE-362394
  • published20 Apr 2017
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-3734  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 moodle.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream moodle package and not the moodle package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in markposts.php in Moodle 3.0 through 3.0.3, 2.9 through 2.9.5, 2.8 through 2.8.11, 2.7 through 2.7.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that marks forum posts as read.