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TI-2025-19463 Aliases CVE-2025-26525GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr

Arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-552Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-552.

Summary

Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as those with TeX Live installed).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00447 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed moodle (Moodle Project): 4.5.2, 4.4.6, 4.3.10 +1moodle/moodle (Packagist): 4.5.2, 4.4.6, 4.3.10 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Moodlemoodle4.5.0 to before 4.5.2; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.6; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.10; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.164.5.2, 4.4.6, 4.3.10, 4.1.16Patch availableCNA
—moodle/moodle (Packagist)4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.24.5.2Patch availableGHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
—moodle/moodle (Packagist)4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.64.4.6Patch availableGHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
—moodle/moodle (Packagist)4.3.0-beta to before 4.3.104.3.10Patch availableGHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
—moodle/moodle (Packagist)before 4.1.164.1.16Patch availableGHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
  • moodle VendorMoodle Affected 4.5.0 to before 4.5.2; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.6; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.10; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.16 Fixed in 4.5.2, 4.4.6, 4.3.10, 4.1.16 Patch available CNA
  • moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.2 Fixed in 4.5.2 Patch available GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
  • moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.6 Fixed in 4.4.6 Patch available GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
  • moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.3.0-beta to before 4.3.10 Fixed in 4.3.10 Patch available GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr
  • moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.16 Fixed in 4.1.16 Patch available GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0 to before 4.1.16; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.10; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.6; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.2VulnerableMoodle
  • cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 to before 4.1.16; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.10; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.6; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.2 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA moodle (Moodle Project) Fixed in 4.5.2, 4.4.6, 4.3.10, 4.1.16
  • Fix · GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.5.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.3.10 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.16 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    moodle 4.0.*, 4.1.16 and 4 more versions

    8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 6 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-19471 SQL injection risk in course search module list filterPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2025-19467 Stored XSS risk in admin live logPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2025-19464 Feedback response viewing and deletions did not respect Separate Groups modePriority LOW 35
    Show all 8 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-26525
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2024-22468 moodle: unsafe direct use of $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] in admin/tool/mfa/index.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-14741 In Moodle, an SQL injection risk was identified in the library fetching a user's recent courses. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-29071 Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2016-06653 Moodle 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-00259 SQL injection in moodle CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-16116 Path traversal in Moodle CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 636 →

Sources

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