Cross-site request forgery in Moodle - CVE-2016-2157
Published: May 22, 2016 / Updated: January 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40271
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2157
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-2016-2157
Install update from vendor's website.
moodle - addressed in versions 2.7.19-1.el6, 2.8.11-1.fc22, 2.9.5-1.fc23, 3.0.3-1.el7, 3.0.3-1.fc24