Moodle: password brute force risk when mobile/web services enabled
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.40% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: git.moodle.org moodle 4.1.21, 4.4.11, 4.5.7.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to git.moodle.org moodle 4.1.21, 4.4.11, 4.5.7 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Moodle’s mobile and web service authentication endpoints did not sufficiently restrict repeated password attempts, making them susceptible to brute-force attacks.
- Published
- Oct 23, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 33th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-307
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · fedora
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| moodle | moodle | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- moodle moodle4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.21
- moodle moodle4.4.0 and later · before 4.4.11
- moodle moodle4.5.0 and later · before 4.5.7
- moodle moodle5.0.0 and later · before 5.0.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (fedora). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
git.moodle.org moodle
- 5.0.0 and later · before 5.0.3affected · semver
- 4.5.0 and later · before 4.5.7affected · semver
- 4.4.0 and later · before 4.4.11affected · semver
- 4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.21affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | from 4.2.0-beta · before 4.4.11 | 4.4.11 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | from 4.5.0-beta · before 4.5.7 | 4.5.7 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | from 5.0.0-beta · before 5.0.3 | 5.0.3 |
| Packagist | moodle/moodle | before 4.1.21 | 4.1.21 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-62397Oct 23, 2025 · Moodle: router produces json instead of 404 error for invalid course id21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-62398Oct 23, 2025 · Moodle: possible to bypass mfa21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-62400Oct 23, 2025 · Moodle: hidden group names visible to event creators26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| git.moodle.org moodle | 4.1.21 | Vendor (CNA) |
| git.moodle.org moodle | 4.4.11 | Vendor (CNA) |
| git.moodle.org moodle | 4.5.7 | Vendor (CNA) |
| git.moodle.org moodle | 5.0.3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Packagist:moodle/moodle | 4.1.21 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:moodle/moodle | 4.4.11 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:moodle/moodle | 4.5.7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:moodle/moodle | 5.0.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-67853103 days apartMoodle: moodle: brute-force facilitation due to missing rate limiting in confirmation email service30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication AttemptsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Dictionary-based Password AttackCAPEC-16likelihood: Medium · High
- Password Brute ForcingCAPEC-49likelihood: Medium · High
- Use of Known Domain CredentialsCAPEC-560likelihood: High · High
- Password SprayingCAPEC-565likelihood: High · High
- Credential StuffingCAPEC-600likelihood: High · High
- Use of Known Kerberos CredentialsCAPEC-652likelihood: Medium · High
- Use of Known Operating System CredentialsCAPEC-653likelihood: High · High
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.