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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2020-1755 json

In Moodle before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, 3.6.9 and 3.5.11, X-Forwarded-For headers could be used to spoof a user's IP, in order to bypass remote addr…

published 2022-08-16 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-moodle-2020-1755 , EUVD-2020-12585

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Moodle before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, 3.6.9 and 3.5.11, X-Forwarded-For headers could be used to spoof a user's IP, in order to bypass remote address checks.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami moodle 3.5.11, 3.6.9, 3.7.5, 3.8.2
  • moodle moodle 3.5.11, 3.6.9, 3.7.5, 3.8.2

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami moodle
>=3.5.0, <3.5.11
>=3.6.0, <3.6.9
>=3.7.0, <3.7.5
>=3.8.0, <3.8.2
3.5.11
3.6.9
3.7.5
3.8.2

Affected products

  • n/a Moodle

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.