CVE-2016-2157
Published:May 22, 2016
Updated:September 21, 2026
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mod/assign/adminmanageplugins.php in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.5, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that manage Assignment plugins.
Affected Packages
moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=dev-MDL-72683-Assignment-listing-when-sorted-by-last-name-lacks-secondary-sort-key <v2.7.13Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.7.13moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v2.9.0 <v2.9.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.9.5moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v2.8.0 <v2.8.11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.8.11moodle/moodle (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.0.3Related Resources (12)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
EPSS
Base Score:
1.06