CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3734

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

There is a CSRF vulnerability in markposts.php in Moodle affecting versions 3.0 through 3.0.3, 2.9 through 2.9.5, 2.8 through 2.8.11, and 2.7 through 2.7.13 and earlier. It allows remote attackers to hijack user authentication to mark forum posts as read.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized marking of forum posts, potentially affecting data integrity and user trust in the Moodle platform.

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 markposts.php in Moodle 3.0 through 3.0.3, 2.9 through 2.9.5, 2.8 through 2.8.11, 2.7 through 2.7.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that marks forum posts as read.

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