PT-2017-17767 · Moodle · Moodle

Daniel Kosinski · Published 2017-05-15 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2017-7490

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.x through 3.x

Description A missing capability check in Moodle allows for the searching of arbitrary blogs.

Recommendations For versions 2.x through 3.x, apply the necessary patch or update to include the capability check and restrict unauthorized access to blog searches.

Fix

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7490

GHSA-9X63-M3CC-QF3G

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7490 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7490 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9x63-m3cc-qf3g · Vendor Advisory
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=352354 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note