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Vulnerability details: VCID-cjw7-xm38-2uba
Vulnerability ID VCID-cjw7-xm38-2uba
Aliases CVE-2017-7532
GHSA-jjhx-5jff-rc8m
Summary Moodle Improper Privilege Management In Moodle 3.x, course creators are able to change system default settings for courses.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7532
epss 0.00179 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7532
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-5jff-rc8m
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6e861be6b7d49c5ac4583ae46762a28ede5785ad
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6e861be6b7d49c5ac4583ae46762a28ede5785ad
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/915f801546a5c3618feab897072c985abfce57df
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/915f801546a5c3618feab897072c985abfce57df
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=355556
generic_textual MODERATE https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=355556
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7532
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7532
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20210614032706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99617
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20210614032706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99617
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7532
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6e861be6b7d49c5ac4583ae46762a28ede5785ad
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/915f801546a5c3618feab897072c985abfce57df
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=355556
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7532
https://web.archive.org/web/20210614032706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99617
GHSA-jjhx-5jff-rc8m https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-5jff-rc8m
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/6e861be6b7d49c5ac4583ae46762a28ede5785ad
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/915f801546a5c3618feab897072c985abfce57df
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=355556
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7532
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20210614032706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99617
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40058
EPSS Score 0.00179
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:11.586164+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-jjhx-5jff-rc8m/GHSA-jjhx-5jff-rc8m.json 36.1.3