VDB-254111 · CVE-2024-25980 · Nessus 261481

Moodle prior 4.3.3/4.1.9 H5P Attempts Report access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Moodle. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component H5P Attempts Report. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-25980. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component H5P Attempts Report. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Separate Groups mode restrictions were not honored in the H5P attempts report, which would display users from other groups. By default this only provided additional access to non-editing teachers.

The weakness was released 02/19/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at git.moodle.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-25980 since 02/13/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261481 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25980), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.3.3 or 4.1.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261481). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Learning Management Software

Name

Moodle

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://moodle.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261481
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25980

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Moodle 4.3.3/4.1.9
Patch: git.moodle.org

Timelineinfo

02/13/2024 🔍
02/19/2024 +6 days 🔍
02/19/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/08/2025 +567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2024-d2f180202f
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-25980 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-25980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254111

Entryinfo

Created: 02/19/2024 18:04
Updated: 09/08/2025 03:36
Changes: 02/19/2024 18:04 (49), 03/08/2024 11:29 (1), 03/08/2024 11:37 (1), 01/24/2025 05:10 (27), 09/08/2025 03:36 (2)
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