CVE-2014-7838

high

Description

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.

References

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-24

Updated: 2020-12-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High