What is CVE-2017-7532?

CVE-2017-7532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-7532?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Moodle

CVE-2017-7532

In Moodle 3.x, course creators are able to change system default settings for courses.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2017-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moodle — versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99617 (vdb-entry)
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7532?: CVE-2017-7532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-7532?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.