Medium severity · published Oct 23, 2025
CVE-2025-62401
Moodle: possible to bypass timer in timed assignments
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue in Moodle’s timed assignment feature allowed students to bypass the time restriction, potentially giving them more time than allowed to complete an assessment.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Moodle · Moodle
4.1.0 before 4.1.21; 4.4.0 before 4.4.11; 4.5.0 before 4.5.7; 5.0.0 before 5.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62401
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62401
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62401
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404434
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