TI-2025-41494 Aliases CVE-2025-67856 GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm

Moodle: moodle: privilege escalation via incomplete role checks in badge awarding

MEDIUM 42CWE-863Published 2026-02-03 · Updated 2026-02-26

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

A flaw was found in Moodle. An authorization logic flaw, specifically due to incomplete role checks during the badge awarding process, allowed badges to be granted without proper verification. This could enable unauthorized users to obtain badges they are not entitled to, potentially leading to privilege escalation or unauthorized access to certain features.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00301 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed moodle: 4.1.22, 4.4.12, 4.5.8 +2moodle/moodle (Packagist): 4.1.22, 4.4.12, 4.5.8 +2

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	4.1.0 to before 4.1.22; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.12; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.8; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.4; 5.1.0 to before 5.1.1	4.1.22, 4.4.12, 4.5.8, 5.0.4, 5.1.1	Patch available	CNA
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	before 4.1.22	4.1.22	Patch available	GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.12	4.4.12	Patch available	GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.8	4.5.8	Patch available	GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	5.0.0-beta to before 5.0.4	5.0.4	Patch available	GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
—	moodle/moodle (Packagist)	5.1.0-beta to before 5.1.1	5.1.1	Patch available	GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm

moodle Vendor— Affected 4.1.0 to before 4.1.22; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.12; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.8; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.4; 5.1.0 to before 5.1.1 Fixed in 4.1.22, 4.4.12, 4.5.8, 5.0.4, 5.1.1 Patch available CNA
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.22 Fixed in 4.1.22 Patch available GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.4.0-beta to before 4.4.12 Fixed in 4.4.12 Patch available GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5.0-beta to before 4.5.8 Fixed in 4.5.8 Patch available GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0-beta to before 5.0.4 Fixed in 5.0.4 Patch available GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm
moodle/moodle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.1.0-beta to before 5.1.1 Fixed in 5.1.1 Patch available GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::	before 4.1.22; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.12; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.8; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.4	Vulnerable	Moodle
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:5.1.0:::::::*	5.1.0	Vulnerable	Moodle

cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.22; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.12; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.8; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.4 Vulnerable ·Moodle
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.0 Vulnerable ·Moodle

Remediation

Fix · CNA moodle Fixed in 4.1.22, 4.4.12, 4.5.8, 5.0.4, 5.1.1
Fix · GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.22 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.12 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.5.8 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 5.0.4 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm moodle/moodle (Packagist) Fixed in 5.1.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-67856
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm

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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