TI-2025-38668 Aliases CVE-2025-62401 GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf

Moodle: possible to bypass timer in timed assignments

LOW 24CWE-285Published 2025-10-23 · Updated 2025-10-23

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

An issue in Moodle’s timed assignment feature allowed students to bypass the time restriction, potentially giving them more time than allowed to complete an assessment.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00224 13th 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: No
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-w29j-8phw-ffjf
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.7	4.5.7	Patch available	GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.2.0-beta to before 4.4.11	4.4.11	Patch available	GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	before 4.1.21	4.1.21	Patch available	GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf

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-w29j-8phw-ffjf
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.7 Fixed in 4.5.7 Patch available GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0-beta to before 4.4.11 Fixed in 4.4.11 Patch available GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.21 Fixed in 4.1.21 Patch available GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf

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-w29j-8phw-ffjf moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 5.0.3 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.5.7 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.11 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf 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-2025-62401
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf

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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