Name: CVE-2017-7489: Improper Privilege Management
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-7489, CWE-269, CVSS 6.3, EPSS 0.00316

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Moodle	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Moodle	Sep 19, 2017	May 15, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	May 15, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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