Vulnerability · Published Dec 27, 2022 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2020-36633moodle-block_sitenews block_sitenews.php get_content cross-site request forgery

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in moodle-block_sitenews. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in moodle-block_sitenews 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function get_content of the file block_sitenews.php. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is cd18d8b1afe464ae6626832496f4e070bac4c58f. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216879.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	moodle-block_sitenews	1.0

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.216879 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216879 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/eberhardt/moodle-block_sitenews/pull/5 issue-tracking
https://github.com/eberhardt/moodle-block_sitenews/commit/cd18d8b1afe464ae6626832496f4e070bac4c58f patch
https://github.com/eberhardt/moodle-block_sitenews/releases/tag/v1.1 patch