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CVE-2016-10766

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10766 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in edx-platform versions released before June 6, 2016. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to trick users into performing unintended actions, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been identified, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability remains a significant risk for unpatched systems.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2016-06-06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:edx:edx-platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / edx/edx-platform/commit/d54f79f5bf3e1af17063937df1abc0026843412d.patch
PatchThird Party Advisory
open.edx.org / announcements/cross-site-request-forgery-bug-edx-lms
Vendor Advisory