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CVE-2015-5338
Published:February 22, 2016
Updated:May 17, 2026
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the lesson module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests to (1) mod/lesson/mediafile.php or (2) mod/lesson/view.php.
Affected Packages
moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v2.9.0 <v2.9.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.9.3
moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v2.8.0 <v2.8.9
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.8.9
Related Resources (7)
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/dcb42c9ed13b0c0ec2dde22b62ef69772d7725e6
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/817cae1ac7ca748ba368439a40ef67d555774485
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48109
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5338
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/f75333766c7295932baa72a9dbe9542baf14e107
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/541c5b8552e0162010d0259c90a04eb63e875958
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323233
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-352
EPSS
Base Score:
0.12