Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38992

Improper Privilege Management in Moodle - CVE-2017-7489

Published: May 15, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38992

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7489

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, remote authenticated users can take ownership of arbitrary blogs by editing an external blog link.

Moodle
Fedora
moodle

Install update from vendor's website.

moodle - addressed in versions 2.6.11-5.el6, 3.1.6-1.el7, 3.1.6-1.fc24, 3.1.6-1.fc25