GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57
Moodle Affected by Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-67853
- Aliases
- BIT-moodle-2025-67853
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
A flaw was found in Moodle. A remote attacker could exploit a lack of proper rate limiting in the confirmation email service. This vulnerability allows attackers to more easily enumerate or guess user credentials, facilitating brute-force attacks against user accounts.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Packagist · moodle/moodle | introduced 0, fixed 4.1.22 |
| Packagist · moodle/moodle | introduced 4.4.0-beta, fixed 4.4.12 |
| Packagist · moodle/moodle | introduced 4.5.0-beta, fixed 4.5.8 |
| Packagist · moodle/moodle | introduced 5.0.0-beta, fixed 5.0.4 |
| Packagist · moodle/moodle | introduced 5.1.0-beta, fixed 5.1.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67853 ADVISORY
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67853 WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423847 WEB
- https://github.com/moodle/moodle PACKAGE
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=471303 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |