CVE-2024-25981 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-284 vulnerability in moodle/moodle. A fix is available for moodle/moodle — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Msa-24-0004: forum export did not respect activity group settings
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-25981.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Separate Groups mode restrictions were not honored when performing a forum export, which would export forum data for all groups. By default this only provided additional access to non-editing teachers.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.3.0&&< 4.3.3 | 4.3.3composer require moodle/moodle:^4.3.3 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.2.0&&< 4.2.6 | 4.2.6composer require moodle/moodle:^4.2.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | all versions | 4.1.9composer require moodle/moodle:^4.1.9 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for moodle/moodle, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update moodle/moodle to 4.3.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-25981 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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