CVE-2016-2539

high
Published 2017-02-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in install_modules.php in ATutor before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors involving a crafted zip file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136109/ATutor-LMS-2.2.1-CSRF-Remote-Code-Execution.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/commit/bfc6c80c6c217c5515172f3cc949e13dfa1a92ac

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
atutoratutor{"endIncluding":"2.2.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-352

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.