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CVE-2017-7491

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7491 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Moodle versions 2.x and 3.x, allowing an attacker to manipulate the "number of courses displayed in the course overview block" setting. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a low impact on integrity (I:L), as it only affects a configuration setting. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or 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

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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 0.1 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: 3.2.3
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.1.6
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.0.10
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 2.7.20

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-3hmr-948v-5qgqmedium

Moodle Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

May 17, 2022

References

moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
PatchVendor Advisory