CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2157

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-2157 describes a CSRF vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle that allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for managing Assignment plugins.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to administrative functions, potentially leading to serious security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Moodle to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional protections against CSRF attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS