TI-2025-38666 Aliases CVE-2025-62399 GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2

Moodle: password brute force risk when mobile/web services enabled

LOW 39CWE-307Published 2025-10-23 · Updated 2025-10-23

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-307.

Summary

Moodle’s mobile and web service authentication endpoints did not sufficiently restrict repeated password attempts, making them susceptible to brute-force attacks.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00404 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed moodle: 5.0.3, 4.5.7, 4.4.11 +1moodle/moodle (Packagist): 5.0.3, 4.5.7, 4.4.11 +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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	moodle	5.0.0 to before 5.0.3; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.7; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.11; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.21	5.0.3, 4.5.7, 4.4.11, 4.1.21	Patch available	CNA
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	5.0.0-beta to before 5.0.3	5.0.3	Patch available	GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.7	4.5.7	Patch available	GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.2.0-beta to before 4.4.11	4.4.11	Patch available	GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	before 4.1.21	4.1.21	Patch available	GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2

moodle Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.7; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.11; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.21 Fixed in 5.0.3, 4.5.7, 4.4.11, 4.1.21 Patch available CNA
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0-beta to before 5.0.3 Fixed in 5.0.3 Patch available GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.7 Fixed in 4.5.7 Patch available GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0-beta to before 4.4.11 Fixed in 4.4.11 Patch available GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.21 Fixed in 4.1.21 Patch available GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::	4.1.0 to before 4.1.21; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.11; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.7; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3	Vulnerable	Moodle

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 to before 4.1.21; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.11; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.7; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

Fix · CNA moodle Fixed in 5.0.3, 4.5.7, 4.4.11, 4.1.21
Fix · GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 5.0.3 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.5.7 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.11 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2 moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.21 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62399
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

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

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Sources

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