Moodle up to 3.1.14/3.3.8/3.4.5/3.5.2 cross-site request forgery
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A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 3.1.14/3.3.8/3.4.5/3.5.2 (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:
A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.6, 3.5.3, 3.4.6, 3.3.9 and 3.1.15. The login form is not protected by a token to prevent login cross-site request forgery.
The bug was discovered 11/19/2018. The weakness was shared 11/19/2018 by Daniel Thatcher as MSA-18-0020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at moodle.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16854 since 09/11/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119291 (Fedora 27 : moodle (2018-4ec3eecd7f)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277586 (Fedora Security Update for moodle (FEDORA-2018-4ec3eecd7f)).
Upgrading to version 3.1.15, 3.3.9, 3.4.6, 3.5.3 or 3.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at git.moodle.org. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (119291).
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.5
- 3.1.6
- 3.1.7
- 3.1.8
- 3.1.9
- 3.1.10
- 3.1.11
- 3.1.12
- 3.1.13
- 3.1.14
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.3.4
- 3.3.5
- 3.3.6
- 3.3.7
- 3.3.8
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.4.3
- 3.4.4
- 3.4.5
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Cross-site request forgeryCWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 119291
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : moodle (2018-4ec3eecd7f)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Moodle 3.1.15/3.3.9/3.4.6/3.5.3/3.6
Timeline
09/11/2018 🔍11/19/2018 🔍
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Sources
Product: moodle.orgAdvisory: MSA-18-0020
Researcher: Daniel Thatcher
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-16854 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1042154
SecurityFocus: 106017 - Moodle CVE-2018-16854 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 11/24/2018 10:31Updated: 04/14/2020 16:53
Changes: 11/24/2018 10:31 (80), 04/14/2020 16:53 (6)
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