CVE-2025-3642: Moodle: authenticated remote code execution risk in the moodle lms equella repository

High severity · published Apr 25, 2025

CVE-2025-3642

Moodle: authenticated remote code execution risk in the moodle lms equella repository

8.8

CVSS

1.1%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

A flaw was found in Moodle. A remote code execution risk was identified in the Moodle LMS EQUELLA repository. By default, this was only available to teachers and managers on sites with the EQUELLA repository enabled.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Moodle · Moodle

before 4.1.18; 4.3.0 before 4.3.12; 4.4.0 before 4.4.8; 4.5.0 before 4.5.4 · source: NVD

Affected product

Moodle

All Moodle CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3642

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3642

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3642

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359738

Vendor Advisory

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=467603