Moodle denial-of-service risk in the draft files areaGHSA-4qxc-qxrp-33cw
HIGHGHSA-4qxc-qxrp-33cw is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-770 vulnerability in moodle/moodle. A fix is available for moodle/moodle — see the affected versions and patch details below.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-4qxc-qxrp-33cw by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
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 denial-of-service risk was identified in the draft files area, due to it not respecting user file upload limits. Moodle versions 3.10 to 3.10.3, 3.9 to 3.9.6, 3.8 to 3.8.8, 3.5 to 3.5.17 and earlier unsupported versions are affected.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 3.10&&< 3.10.4 | 3.10.4composer require moodle/moodle:^3.10.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 3.9&&< 3.9.7 | 3.9.7composer require moodle/moodle:^3.9.7 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 3.8&&< 3.8.9 | 3.8.9composer require moodle/moodle:^3.8.9 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 3.5.17&&< 3.5.18 | 3.5.18composer require moodle/moodle:^3.5.18 |
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 3.10.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4qxc-qxrp-33cw is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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