CVE-2025-32044 | Moodle: unauthenticated rest api user data exposure

A flaw has been identified in Moodle where, on certain sites, unauthenticated users could retrieve sensitive user data—including names, contact information, and hashed passwords—via stack traces returned by specific API calls. Sites with PHP configured with zend.exception_ignore_args = 1 in the php.ini file are not affected by this vulnerability.

Published: 2025-04-25 Last update: 2025-06-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-32044 is rated Moderate Risk (41.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-32044

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 2026-06-03 0.17% 0.14% -0.03%
2 2026-05-11 0.38% 0.17% -0.21%
3 2026-05-04 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-32044

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-32044

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-32044

GHSA-345q-9jmq-g9q4 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — Moodle allows unauthenticated REST API user data exposure

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-32044

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-32044 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moodle), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-32044

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-32044

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moodle moodle >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-32044

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