Moodle: password brute force risk when mobile/web services enabled (moodle)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.40 % · percentile 35 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- fedora
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Moodle’s mobile and web service authentication endpoints did not sufficiently restrict repeated password attempts, making them susceptible to brute-force attacks.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | fedora |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · patrick@puiterwijk.org (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-m58f-9pvv-8mp2 — Moodle vulnerable to brute-force password guesses
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-35668
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-62399
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0957 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Moodle · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.1.0 < 4.1.21cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.4.0 < 4.4.11cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.5.0 < 4.5.7cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.0.0 < 5.0.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| moodle | affected 5.0.0 < 5.0.3 ; affected 4.5.0 < 4.5.7 ; affected 4.4.0 < 4.4.11 ; affected 4.1.0 < 4.1.21 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |