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CVE-2016-3734
Published:April 20, 2017
Updated:May 17, 2026
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in markposts.php in Moodle 3.0 through 3.0.3, 2.9 through 2.9.5, 2.8 through 2.8.11, 2.7 through 2.7.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that marks forum posts as read.
Affected Packages
moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v2.8.0 <v2.8.12
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.8.12
moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.0.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.0.4
moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v2.9.0 <v2.9.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.9.6
Related Resources (14)
https://web.archive.org/web/20160703032310/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035902
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-53755
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/4
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/01408d619ba89d32f9ad83308990ff9b0374cb57
https://web.archive.org/web/20160930194927/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91281
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/e90e0ea5700ee9b016034b74ed7f41787109d1a2
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/d98c24659935c1bdff4b35ec0a85ab1a3ab05d9f
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035902
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7873e36f0cc0ccfd1424ff9302eb1ea9e4e74305
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91281
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335933
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/1f5c494f761ef7961c449075adf192e149148e1a
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3734
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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:
0.09