Moodle cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Impact
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/registration/register.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that send statistics to an arbitrary hub URL.
Source excerpt · OSVAffected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
| Affected range | Recorded fix |
|---|---|
| Earlier releases before 2.7.11Ecosystem versions | 2.7.11 |
| From 2.8.0 before 2.8.9Ecosystem versions | 2.8.9 |
| From 2.9.0 before 2.9.3Ecosystem versions | 2.9.3 |
Version evidence: OSV · GHSA-hpmv-wvq3-gj27
View original version evidence (73 explicit versions)
Original source description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/registration/register.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that send statistics to an arbitrary hub URL.
References
- Security advisory nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5335
- Patch github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/4bb9e1ad8af12b01499c68543e80f7c12fd557ea
- Patch github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/77e072ebec68ba685551b886b71054d1feae6c94
- Patch github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7bf5c6a542efa113dbb241a113cb6079f0572443
- Patch github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a1168a7427f8fa1926a771fe8e6d10aeb6689686
- Source reference github.com/moodle/moodle
- Source reference moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php
- Source reference git.moodle.org/gw