What is CVE-2019-10186?

CVE-2019-10186 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-10186?

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

Is CVE-2019-10186 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Moodle

CVE-2019-10186

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.7.1, 3.6.5, 3.5.7. A sesskey (CSRF) token was not being utilised by the XML loading/unloading admin tool.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-07-31 · 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: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moodle
The Moodle Project — versions 3.7.1, 3.6.5, 3.5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

jev770/badmoodle-scan

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/109175 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10186?: CVE-2019-10186 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-10186?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10186 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.