Access Control Bypass Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions >=5.0.0-beta, <5.1.0-rc2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-13703979
  • published24 Oct 2025
  • disclosed23 Oct 2025
  • creditDani Palou

Introduced: 23 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-62393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 5.1.0-rc2 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass in the course_output_fragment_course_overview() function. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to limited course information by bypassing access permission checks.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1