Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Moodle 1.6.x before 1.6.7 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to modify profile settings and gain privileges as other users via a link or IMG tag to the user edit profile page.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | moodle | 1.6.3-2+etch1 | DSA-1691-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1691-1 moodle - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=101405
- http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR08-16.php
- SUSE-SR:2008:016 vendor-advisory
- moodle-editprofile-csrf(43964) vdb-entry
- 31196 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1691 vendor-advisory
- 20080722 PR08-16: CSRF (Cross-site Request Forgery) on Moodle edit profile page mailing-list
- 31339 third-party-advisory