Medium severity · published Feb 24, 2025
CVE-2025-26531
Insufficient capability checks made it possible to disable badges a user does not have permission to access
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient capability checks made it possible to disable badges a user does not have permission to access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
4.1.0 before 4.1.16; 4.3.0 before 4.3.10; 4.4.0 before 4.4.6; 4.5.0 before 4.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26531
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26531
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84239
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466148
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