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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2020-25700 json

SQL Injection in moodle

published 2020-11-19 5 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-moodle-2020-25700 , EUVD-2021-0625 , GHSA-7h8v-2v8x-h264

cvss
6.5
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

In moodle, some database module web services allowed students to add entries within groups they did not belong to. Versions affected: 3.9 to 3.9.2, 3.8 to 3.8.5, 3.7 to 3.7.8, 3.5 to 3.5.14 and earlier unsupported versions. This is fixed in moodle 3.8.6, 3.7.9, 3.5.15, and 3.10.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 3.5.15, 3.7.9, 3.8.6, 3.9.3
  • bitnami moodle 3.5.15, 3.7.9, 3.8.6, 3.9.3

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-2020-25700 updated cvss 6.5

moodle: Some database module web services did not respect group settings

  • 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

1.34% 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 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
>=3.9.0, <3.9.3
>=3.8.0, <3.8.6
>=3.7.0, <3.7.9
>=3.5.0, <3.5.15
3.9.3
3.8.6
3.7.9
3.5.15
bitnami moodle
>=3.5.0, <3.5.15
>=3.7.0, <3.7.9
>=3.8.0, <3.8.6
>=3.9.0, <3.9.3
3.5.15
3.7.9
3.8.6
3.9.3

Affected products

  • n/a moodle

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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