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CVE-2016-3729

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3729 describes an improper access control vulnerability in Moodle versions 2.7 through 3.0.3, allowing authenticated users to bypass administrator-locked profile field restrictions. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this flaw permits remote authenticated users to modify profile information that should be immutable, leading to a high impact on integrity (I:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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: 3.0.3
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.9.6
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.8.12
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.7.14

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-g96h-wvrm-c2wwmedium

Moodle Improper Access Control

May 13, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035902
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry