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The vulnerability (CVE-2023-28335) was identified in Moodle, affecting versions 4.1 to 4.1.1. The issue involves a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) risk in the database activity template reset functionality, where the reset link did not include the necessary security token. The vulnerability was discovered by DegrangeM and was fixed in Moodle version 4.1.2 (Moodle Forum).
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue (CWE-352). According to the National Vulnerability Database, it received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).
The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions through CSRF attacks when a user attempts to reset all templates of a database activity. Given the high CVSS scores for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, successful exploitation could lead to significant security compromises (NVD).
The vulnerability has been fixed in Moodle version 4.1.2. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to address the security risk. The fix involves adding the necessary security token to the template reset functionality (Moodle Forum).
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