High severity · published May 22, 2016
CVE-2016-2157
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and…
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that manage Assignment plugins.
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)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
through 2.6.11; 2.7.0; 2.7.1; 2.7.2; 2.7.3; 2.7.4; +27 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2157
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2157
git.moodle.org
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-53031
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/21/1
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035333
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=330179
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