What is CVE-2016-10766?

CVE-2016-10766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-10766?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Edx Edx-Platform

CVE-2016-10766

edx-platform before 2016-06-06 allows CSRF.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-07-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Edx Edx-Platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

open.edx.org/announcements/cross-site-request-forgery-bug-edx-lms/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/edx/edx-platform/commit/d54f79f5bf3e1af17063937df1abc0026843412d.pat… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10766?: CVE-2016-10766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-10766?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.