Moodle edit profile page cross-site request forgery
| moodle-editprofile-csrf (43964) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Moodle is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the edit profile page. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning and other malicious activities.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to MSA-08-0013 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- MSA-08-0013: CSRF (Cross-site Request Forgery) on Moodle edit profile page.
- ProCheckUp: PR08-16: CSRF (Cross-site Request Forgery) on Moodle edit profile page.
- CVE-2008-3325: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Moodle 1.6.x before 1.6.7 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to modify profile settings and gain privileges as other users via a link or IMG tag to the user edit profile page.
- DSA-1691: moodle -- several vulnerabilities
- SA31196: Moodle Script Insertion and Cross-Site Request Forgery
- SUSE-SR:2008:016: SUSE Security Summary Report
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Moodle Moodle 1.6
- Moodle Moodle 1.6.1
- Moodle Moodle 1.6.2
- Moodle Moodle 1.6.3
- Moodle Moodle 1.6.4
- Moodle Moodle 1.6.5
- Moodle Moodle 1.6.6
- Moodle Moodle 1.7
- Moodle Moodle 1.7.1
- Moodle Moodle 1.7.2
- Moodle Moodle 1.7.3
- Moodle Moodle 1.7.4
- Moodle Moodle 1.7.5
Reported:
Jul 16, 2008
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