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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2020-25629 json

Moodle incorrect access control

published 2020-12-08 5 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-moodle-2020-25629 , EUVD-2022-3698 , GHSA-f5r8-7h4f-jr9x

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration capabilities by "logging in as" a System manager. This affects 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4, 3.7 to 3.7.7, 3.5 to 3.5.13 and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in 3.9.2, 3.8.5, 3.7.8 and 3.5.14.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 3.5.14, 3.7.8, 3.8.5, 3.9.2
  • bitnami moodle 3.5.14, 3.7.8, 3.8.5, 3.9.2
  • moodle moodle 3.5.14, 3.7.8, 3.8.5, 3.9.2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-25629 updated cvss 6.3

moodle: users with Log in as capability in a course context leads to privilege escalation

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
>=3.9, <3.9.2
>=3.8, <3.8.5
>=3.7, <3.7.8
>=3.5, <3.5.14
3.9.2
3.8.5
3.7.8
3.5.14
bitnami moodle
>=3.5.0, <3.5.14
>=3.7.0, <3.7.8
>=3.8.0, <3.8.5
>=3.9.0, <3.9.2
3.5.14
3.7.8
3.8.5
3.9.2

Affected products

  • n/a Moodle

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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