CVE-2018-16854

high

Description

A flaw was found in moodle versions 3.5 to 3.5.2, 3.4 to 3.4.5, 3.3 to 3.3.8, 3.1 to 3.1.14 and earlier. The login form is not protected by a token to prevent login cross-site request forgery. Fixed versions include 3.6, 3.5.3, 3.4.6, 3.3.9 and 3.1.15.

References

Advisories
More

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16854

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042154

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106017

https://github.com/danielthatcher/moodle-login-csrf

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=378731

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-63183

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01768