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CVE-2017-7489

Improper Privilege Management

Published: May 15, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7489
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

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

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MoodleMoodle2.7.0 (including)2.7.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.0-beta (including)2.7.0-beta (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.0-rc1 (including)2.7.0-rc1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.0-rc2 (including)2.7.0-rc2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.2 (including)2.7.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.3 (including)2.7.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.4 (including)2.7.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.5 (including)2.7.5 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.6 (including)2.7.6 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.7 (including)2.7.7 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.8 (including)2.7.8 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.9 (including)2.7.9 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.10 (including)2.7.10 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.11 (including)2.7.11 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.12 (including)2.7.12 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.13 (including)2.7.13 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.14 (including)2.7.14 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.15 (including)2.7.15 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.16 (including)2.7.16 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.17 (including)2.7.17 (including)
MoodleMoodle2.7.18 (including)2.7.18 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.0 (including)3.0.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.0-beta (including)3.0.0-beta (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.0-rc1 (including)3.0.0-rc1 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.0-rc2 (including)3.0.0-rc2 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.0-rc3 (including)3.0.0-rc3 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.0-rc4 (including)3.0.0-rc4 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.7 (including)3.0.7 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.0.8 (including)3.0.8 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.0 (including)3.1.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.0-beta (including)3.1.0-beta (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.0-rc1 (including)3.1.0-rc1 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.0-rc2 (including)3.1.0-rc2 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.3 (including)3.1.3 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.1.4 (including)3.1.4 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0 (including)3.2.0 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0-beta (including)3.2.0-beta (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0-rc1 (including)3.2.0-rc1 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0-rc2 (including)3.2.0-rc2 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0-rc3 (including)3.2.0-rc3 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0-rc4 (including)3.2.0-rc4 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.0-rc5 (including)3.2.0-rc5 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.1 (including)3.2.1 (including)
MoodleMoodle3.2.2 (including)3.2.2 (including)
MoodleUbuntuartful*
MoodleUbuntubionic*
MoodleUbuntucosmic*
MoodleUbuntudisco*
MoodleUbuntueoan*
MoodleUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
MoodleUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
MoodleUbuntutrusty*
MoodleUbuntuupstream*
MoodleUbuntuxenial*
MoodleUbuntuyakkety*
MoodleUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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