# CVE-2015-1583: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create unauthorized admin or user accounts in ATutor.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r9f5-9xmp-7m8w

## What is CVE-2015-1583?

CVE-2015-1583 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ATutor 2.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create an administrator account via a request to mods/_core/users/admins/create.php or (2) create a user account via a request to mods/_core/users/create_user.php.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1583?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Atutor Atutor.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1583?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1583 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-1583 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1583 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-9753](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9753/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16114/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000002/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000003/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000004/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1583 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1583 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1583 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1583/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1583/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1583
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1583
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1583

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1583/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.