High severity · published Apr 20, 2017
CVE-2016-3734
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…
8.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
2.7.0; 2.7.0; 2.7.0; 2.7.0; 2.7.1; 2.7.2; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3734
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3734
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-53755
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/4
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91281
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035902
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335933
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