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Moodle: (CVE-2016-3734): MSA-16-0018: CSRF in script marking forum posts as read

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Moodle: (CVE-2016-3734): MSA-16-0018: CSRF in script marking forum posts as read

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
01/12/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-latest

References

  • CVE-2016-3734

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