MSA-17-0012: CSRF in number of courses displayed in the course overview block

MSA-17-0012: CSRF in number of courses displayed in the course overview block

by Marina Glancy -
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The link changing user preference of how many courses to see in their course overview block was not protected against CSRF. This represents a minor security issue since it can't be exploited for anybody's benefit, only to create confusions


Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 3.2 to 3.2.2, 3.1 to 3.1.5, 3.0 to 3.0.9, 2.7 to 2.7.19 and other unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 3.2.3, 3.1.6, 3.0.10 and 2.7.20
Reported by: Lukas Schmidt
CVE identifier: CVE-2017-7491
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-58740
Tracker issue: MDL-58740 CSRF on my/index.php