What is CVE-2016-2157?

CVE-2016-2157 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-2157?

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

CSRF in Moodle

CVE-2016-2157

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authe…

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.001 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

[oss-security] 20160321 moodle security release (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
1035333 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2157?: CVE-2016-2157 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-2157?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.