CVE-2025-3636 | Moodle: idor in moodle rss block allows unauthorized access to rss feeds

A flaw was found in Moodle. This vulnerability allows unauthorized users to access and view RSS feeds due to insufficient capability checks.

Published: 2025-04-25 Last update: 2025-06-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-3636 is rated Low Risk (27.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-3636

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 2026-06-01 0.21% 0.12% -0.09%
2 2026-02-19 0.07% 0.21% +0.14%
3 2026-01-09 0.07%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-3636

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-3636

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-3636

GHSA-chmf-m33p-ph8m · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Moodle allows IDOR in RSS block, which allows access to additional RSS feeds

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-3636

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-3636 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-2025-3636

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-3636

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moodle moodle < 4.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-3636

cvelogic Threat Intelligence