CVE-2011-4281 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that mark the completion of (1) an activity or (2) a course.

Published: 2012-07-16

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-4221	Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that mark the completion of (1) an activity or (2) a course.
Github GHSA	GHSA-m97f-x4mr-4x3q	Moodle vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00126.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9cedb80c5d6318aa17cd66912d37e6ef3dca9455
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=170006
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/14/1

History

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Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-16T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:01:51.568Z

Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4281

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-16T10:28:36.377

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4281

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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