CVE-2012-6103 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack user sessions to send unauthorized course messages in Moodle via CSRF vulnerabilities.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-6103?

CVE-2012-6103 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 27 Jan 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in user/messageselect.php in the messaging system in Moodle 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that send course messages.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6103?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6103?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-6103 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-227w-xh58-rx2j.

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