moodle: CSRF risk in admin preset tool management of presets (CVE-2024-34001)
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the admin preset tool management of Moodle. The affected actions do not include the necessary token to prevent CSRF attacks, allowing unauthorized commands to be potentially executed by authenticated administrators. This vulnerability affects multiple Moodle versions prior to their respective fixed releases. A patch is available to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-34001 in Moodle involves the absence of CSRF tokens in the admin preset tool management actions. This omission allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by exploiting the trust of an authenticated administrator's session. The affected versions include all Moodle versions before 4.1.10, versions from 4.2.0 up to but not including 4.2.7, and versions from 4.3.0 up to but not including 4.3.4. The vulnerability has been assigned a high severity rating by the database but lacks a CVSS score. A patch is available to mitigate this risk.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized administrative actions via CSRF, potentially impacting the integrity and security of the Moodle installation. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for this vulnerability. Administrators should update affected Moodle installations to versions 4.1.10 or later, 4.2.7 or later, and 4.3.4 or later as applicable to their version line. Applying these updates will mitigate the CSRF risk in the admin preset tool management.
moodle: CSRF risk in admin preset tool management of presets (CVE-2024-34001)
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the admin preset tool management of Moodle. The affected actions do not include the necessary token to prevent CSRF attacks, allowing unauthorized commands to be potentially executed by authenticated administrators. This vulnerability affects multiple Moodle versions prior to their respective fixed releases. A patch is available to address this issue.
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-34001 in Moodle involves the absence of CSRF tokens in the admin preset tool management actions. This omission allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by exploiting the trust of an authenticated administrator's session. The affected versions include all Moodle versions before 4.1.10, versions from 4.2.0 up to but not including 4.2.7, and versions from 4.3.0 up to but not including 4.3.4. The vulnerability has been assigned a high severity rating by the database but lacks a CVSS score. A patch is available to mitigate this risk.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized administrative actions via CSRF, potentially impacting the integrity and security of the Moodle installation. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available for this vulnerability. Administrators should update affected Moodle installations to versions 4.1.10 or later, 4.2.7 or later, and 4.3.4 or later as applicable to their version line. Applying these updates will mitigate the CSRF risk in the admin preset tool management.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-moodle-2024-34001
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.6.2
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2024-34001"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- High
Threat ID: 6aa00618acd9273b49ab77af
Added to database: 09/08/2026, 12:56:56 UTC
Last enriched: 09/08/2026, 13:44:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 19
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