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high 8.1

CVE-2024-43425 in the critical feed json

Moodle: remote code execution via calculated question types

published 2024-11-07 2 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-moodle-2024-43425 , EUVD-2024-3314 , GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
87.5%
EPSS 87.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

A flaw was found in Moodle. Additional restrictions are required to avoid a remote code execution risk in calculated question types. Note: This requires the capability to add/update questions.

Patch / fix

  • packagist moodle/moodle 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6, 4.4.2
  • bitnami moodle 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6, 4.4.2
  • moodle moodle 4.1.12, 4.2.9, 4.3.6, 4.4.2

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-2024-43425 updated cvss 8.1

moodle: Remote code execution via calculated question types

  • 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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/moodle_rce)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

87.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist moodle/moodle
<4.1.12
>=4.2.0-beta, <4.2.9
>=4.3.0-beta, <4.3.6
>=4.4.0-beta, <4.4.2
4.1.12
4.2.9
4.3.6
4.4.2
bitnami moodle
<4.1.12
>=4.2.0, <4.2.9
>=4.3.0, <4.3.6
>=4.4.0, <4.4.2
4.1.12
4.2.9
4.3.6
4.4.2

Affected products

  • moodle moodle

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

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.