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

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2017-7298 · GHSA-4m6v-x9fj-847j · Published 29/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-7298 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting moodle/moodle, moodle (moodle).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.82%, higher than 57.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
moodle/moodle Packagist	`≥ 3.2, ≤ 3.2.2`	No fix yet
moodle moodle	`= 3.2.2`	No fix yet

In Moodle 3.2.2+, there is XSS in the Course summary filter of the "Add a new course" page, as demonstrated by a crafted attribute of an SVG element.

NVD description

In Moodle 3.2.2+, there is XSS in the Course summary filter of the "Add a new course" page, as demonstrated by a crafted attribute of an SVG element.

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

Packagist

≥ 3.2, ≤ 3.2.2

No fix yet

= 3.2.2

No fix yet

Description

In Moodle 3.2.2+, there is XSS in the Course summary filter of the "Add a new course" page, as demonstrated by a crafted attribute of an SVG element.

NVD description

In Moodle 3.2.2+, there is XSS in the Course summary filter of the "Add a new course" page, as demonstrated by a crafted attribute of an SVG element.

More vulnerabilities in moodle/moodle

See all →