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CVE-2018-16854

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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.01178
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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Affected Products & Versions

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moodle<= 3.0.10
moodle>= 3.1.0 and < 3.1.15
moodle>= 3.3.0 and < 3.3.9
moodle>= 3.4.0 and < 3.4.6
moodle>= 3.5.0 and < 3.5.3
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Affected Packages

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Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist moodle/moodle HIGH fixed in 3.1.15
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD26 Nov 2018 · 05:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-63183PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106017Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042154Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16854Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=378731Vendor Advisory
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