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CVE-2017-2641

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2641 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting Moodle versions 2.x and 3.x, specifically exploitable through user preferences. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB (EDB-41828), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41828 · Apr 6, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1453 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.7.19
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.0.9
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.1.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.2.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-xhq3-455r-xv44critical

Moodle SQL injection via user preferences

May 17, 2022

References

moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41828
securityfocus.com / bid/96977
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038174