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Vulnerability details: VCID-wqkw-4m9e-wuaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-wqkw-4m9e-wuaa
Aliases CVE-2024-43425
GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87
Summary Moodle Remote Code Execution vulnerability A flaw was found in Moodle. Additional restrictions are required to avoid a remote code execution risk in calculated question types. Note: This requires the capability to add/update questions.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 8.1 http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-82576
generic_textual HIGH http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-82576
epss 0.88589 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-43425
epss 0.89561 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-43425
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304253
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304253
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304253
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/moodle/moodle
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461193
generic_textual HIGH https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461193
ssvc Track https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461193
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43425
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43425
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-82576
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-43425
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304253
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461193
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43425
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87
Data source Metasploit
Description This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in Moodle (CVE-2024-43425) to obtain remote code execution. Affected versions include 4.4 to 4.4.1, 4.3 to 4.3.5, 4.2 to 4.2.8, 4.1 to 4.1.11, and earlier unsupported versions.
Note 
Stability:
  - crash-safe
Reliability:
  - event-dependent
SideEffects:
  - ioc-in-logs
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Aug. 27, 2024
Platform Linux
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/moodle_rce.rb
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-82576
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304253
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-07T14:41:20Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304253
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461193
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-07T14:41:20Z/ Found at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461193
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43425
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.99463
EPSS Score 0.88589
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:10:40.142811+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/11/GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87/GHSA-v6f4-v8h8-3c87.json 36.1.3