Moodle up to 1.7.4 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Moodle up to 1.7.4. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3325. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Moodle up to 1.7.4 (Learning Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Moodle 1.6.x before 1.6.7 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to modify profile settings and gain privileges as other users via a link or IMG tag to the user edit profile page.

The bug was discovered 07/16/2008. The weakness was released 07/25/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at moodle.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3325 since 07/25/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33837 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is .

Upgrading to version 1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43964), Tenable (33837), OSVDB (47128†), Secunia (SA31196†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19122†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-43382. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 33837
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OpenVAS ID: 63060
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1691-1 (moodle)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 1.6

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Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: moodle.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3325 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3325
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43381

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X-Force: 43964
Secunia: 31196
OSVDB: 47128 - CVE-2008-3325 - Moodle - Cross-site Request Forgery Issue
Vulnerability Center: 19122 - Moodle Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attack, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/01/2021 14:40
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (63), 08/15/2019 15:17 (6), 08/01/2021 14:40 (3)
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