What is CVE-2017-7490?

CVE-2017-7490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-7490?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2017-7490

In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, searching of arbitrary blogs is possible because a capability check is missing.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Moodle — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2
N/a Moodle 2.x And 3.x — versions Moodle 2.x and 3.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7490?: CVE-2017-7490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-7490?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.