CVE-2015-5338 Moodle multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities

What is CVE-2015-5338?

CVE-2015-5338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 22 Feb 2016. 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 the lesson module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.11, 2.8.x before 2.8.9, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests to (1) mod/lesson/mediafile.php or (2) mod/lesson/view.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5338?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5338?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.11, 2.8.9 or 2.9.3.

Is CVE-2015-5338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle

• CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-v33x-q8gh-4x42.