Moodle does not properly enforce MFA

Description

A serious authentication flaw allowed attackers with valid credentials to bypass multi-factor authentication under certain conditions, potentially compromising user accounts.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2025-10-23 12:31:17 UTC
Updated
2025-10-24 20:29:03 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-10-24 17:43:16 UTC
NVD published
2025-10-23

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.07% 21.33%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.3 3.1
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.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Affected packages (3)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
composer moodle/moodle >= 5.0.0-beta, < 5.0.3 5.0.3
composer moodle/moodle >= 4.5.0-beta, < 4.5.7 4.5.7
composer moodle/moodle >= 4.4.0-beta, < 4.4.11 4.4.11

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence