High severity · published Feb 24, 2025
CVE-2025-26525
Arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX
8.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an
arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as
those with TeX Live installed).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
moodle · Moodle Project
4.5.0 before 4.5.2; 4.4.0 before 4.4.6; 4.3.0 before 4.3.10; 4.1.0 before 4.1.16 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26525
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26525
Patch
https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84136
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466141
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