CVE-2006-4936

Moodle before 1.6.2 does not properly validate the module instance id when creating a course module object, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2006-09-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4936 is rated High Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.42%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4936

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.38% 1.42% +1.05%
2 2025-05-12 0.33% 0.38% +0.05%
3 2025-03-30 0.33%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4936

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4936

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-4936

GHSA-h9w8-4376-j344 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Moodle does not properly validate module instance id

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4936

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2006-4936 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moodle), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4936

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4936

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moodle moodle <= 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4936

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