Cross-site request forgery in Moodle - CVE-2014-7836
Published: November 24, 2014 / Updated: January 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41076
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7836
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: moodle.org
Affected software:
Moodle
Moodle
Detailed vulnerability description
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 hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for a (1) mod/lti/request_tool.php or (2) mod/lti/instructor_edit_tool_type.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7836
Install update from vendor's website.