CVE-2014-7838

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Forum module in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that set a tracking preference within (1) mod/forum/deprecatedlib.php, (2) mod/forum/forum.js, (3) mod/forum/index.php, or (4) mod/forum/lib.php.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164	Vendor Advisory
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6:::::::*
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	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.6.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.2:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2014-11-24 11:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-7838

Mitre link : CVE-2014-7838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-7838

JSON object : View

Products Affected

moodle

moodle

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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