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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-xhq3-455r-xv44)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434810

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, SQL injection can occur via user preferences. (CVE-2017-2641)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhq3-455r-xv44

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434810

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2641

BID: 96977

cwe: CWE-89