Moodle has insufficient capability checksGHSA-4gq2-x5w4-7hp8
MEDIUMGHSA-4gq2-x5w4-7hp8 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-754 vulnerability in moodle/moodle. A fix is available for moodle/moodle — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- 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 GHSA-4gq2-x5w4-7hp8.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
moodle/moodle🐘moodle/moodle🐘moodle/moodle🐘moodle/moodleReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A flaw was found in moodle. Insufficient capability checks make it possible for users with access to restore glossaries in courses to restore them into the global site glossary.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.4.0&&< 4.4.2 | 4.4.2composer require moodle/moodle:^4.4.2 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.3.0&&< 4.3.6 | 4.3.6composer require moodle/moodle:^4.3.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.2.0&&< 4.2.9 | 4.2.9composer require moodle/moodle:^4.2.9 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | all versions | 4.1.12composer require moodle/moodle:^4.1.12 |
Affected Products
moodlemoodleDetection & mitigation playbook
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 4.4.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4gq2-x5w4-7hp8 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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