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CVE-2017-7298

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7298 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in Moodle versions 3.2.2 and later. Specifically, a crafted SVG element attribute within the "Course summary filter" on the "Add a new course" page allows for the injection of malicious scripts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low privileges and user interaction, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-4m6v-x9fj-847jmedium

Moodle Cross-site Scripting in the Course summary filter of the Add a new course

May 14, 2022

References

daimacn.com / index.php/post/12.html
daimacn.com / post/12.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97182