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Vulnerability details: VCID-hs36-8yec-ebe7
Vulnerability ID VCID-hs36-8yec-ebe7
Aliases CVE-2014-7838
GHSA-43r4-vm25-qm78
Summary Moodle has multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Forum module Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Forum module in Moodle through 2.4.11, 2.5.x before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that set a tracking preference within (1) mod/forum/deprecatedlib.php, (2) mod/forum/forum.js, (3) mod/forum/index.php, or (4) mod/forum/lib.php.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
epss 0.00173 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7838
epss 0.00173 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7838
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43r4-vm25-qm78
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/545eb1bcfdbfc352bf6c31edf440485ba6d5af42
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7a311adbba9471edb5a49e4c4b8c356c87f0e44b
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/bef4a5e01739f2b239c0910b9e1aa2841b979f7d
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/c812956efda7d10dfdce5ae19c0ec8879de38a31
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7838
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-48019
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/17/11
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7838
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/545eb1bcfdbfc352bf6c31edf440485ba6d5af42
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/7a311adbba9471edb5a49e4c4b8c356c87f0e44b
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/bef4a5e01739f2b239c0910b9e1aa2841b979f7d
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/c812956efda7d10dfdce5ae19c0ec8879de38a31
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=275164
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7838
https://web.archive.org/web/20150914064838/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031215
GHSA-43r4-vm25-qm78 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43r4-vm25-qm78
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.3939
EPSS Score 0.00173
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:30:33.578798+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-43r4-vm25-qm78/GHSA-43r4-vm25-qm78.json 36.1.3