Cross-site request forgery in Moodle - CVE-2017-7491
Published: May 15, 2017 / Updated: January 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38994
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7491
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Affected software
Moodle
Fedora
moodle
Fedora
moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7491
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.6.11-5.el6, 3.1.6-1.el7, 3.1.6-1.fc24, 3.1.6-1.fc25