CVE-2025-62396 | Moodle: router (r.php) could expose application directories

An error-handling issue in the Moodle router (r.php) could cause the application to display internal directory listings when specific HTTP headers were not properly configured.

Published: 2025-10-23 Last update: 2025-11-14 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-62396 is rated Low Risk (25.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 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-2025-62396

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 2026-03-14 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
2 2026-02-22 0.03% 0.05% +0.02%
3 2025-10-23 0.03%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-62396

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: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: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.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-62396

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-62396

GHSA-c5cj-xp43-qcc3 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Moodle's error handling leads to sensitive information disclosure

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-62396

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-62396 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (moodle), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62396

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-62396

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moodle moodle >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-62396

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