GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57
HIGHGHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-307 vulnerability in moodle/moodle. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Moodle Affected by Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Real-World Exposure
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Description
A flaw was found in Moodle. A remote attacker could exploit a lack of proper rate limiting in the confirmation email service. This vulnerability allows attackers to more easily enumerate or guess user credentials, facilitating brute-force attacks against user accounts.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | all versions | 4.1.22 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.4.0-beta&&< 4.4.12 | 4.4.12 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.5.0-beta&&< 4.5.8 | 4.5.8 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 5.0.0-beta&&< 5.0.4 | 5.0.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 5.1.0-beta&&< 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for moodle/moodle. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update moodle/moodle to 4.1.22 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.