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GHSA-25WF-7X6C-WMPF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-23 12:31 – Updated: 2025-10-24 20:29

Summary

Moodle does not properly enforce MFA

Details

A serious authentication flaw allowed attackers with valid credentials to bypass multi-factor authentication under certain conditions, potentially compromising user accounts.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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              "introduced": "4.4.0-beta"
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              "fixed": "4.4.11"
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      "CWE-287"
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  "modified": "2025-10-24T20:29:02Z",
  "published": "2025-10-23T12:31:17Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
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    }
  ],
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}

CVE-2025-62398 (GCVE-0-2025-62398)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-23 11:28 – Updated: 2025-10-24 14:11

Title

Moodle: possible to bypass mfa

Summary

A serious authentication flaw allowed attackers with valid credentials to bypass multi-factor authentication under certain conditions, potentially compromising user accounts.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-23 14:57 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

fedora redhat root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62398	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404431	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.3 (semver) Affected: 4.5.0 , < 4.5.7 (semver) Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.11 (semver)

Date Public

2025-10-14 04:00

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Petr Skoda for reporting this issue.

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