FKIE_CVE-2014-7838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-11-24 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:15
Severity
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
secalert@redhat.comhttps://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moodle moodle *
moodle moodle 2.5.0
moodle moodle 2.5.1
moodle moodle 2.5.2
moodle moodle 2.5.3
moodle moodle 2.5.4
moodle moodle 2.5.5
moodle moodle 2.5.6
moodle moodle 2.5.7
moodle moodle 2.5.8
moodle moodle 2.6.0
moodle moodle 2.6.1
moodle moodle 2.6.2
moodle moodle 2.6.3
moodle moodle 2.6.4
moodle moodle 2.6.5
moodle moodle 2.7.0
moodle moodle 2.7.1
moodle moodle 2.7.2
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