| Description: | Some error messages in Moodle display button to return to previous page. Redirecting to non-local referer should not be allowed as it can potentially be used for phising. |
| Issue summary: | get_referer() used with redirect() can be insecure |
| Severity/Risk: | Minor |
| Versions affected: | 2.8 to 2.8.5, 2.7 to 2.7.7, 2.6 to 2.6.10 and earlier unsupported versions |
| Versions fixed: | 2.9, 2.8.6, 2.7.8 and 2.6.11 |
| Reported by: | Dingjie Yang |
| Issue no.: | MDL-49179 |
| CVE identifier: | CVE-2015-3175 |
| Changes (master): | http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49179 |
MSA-15-0019: Possible phishing when redirecting to external site using referer header
by Marina Glancy -
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