GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) CWE-863 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’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-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm.
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/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. An authorization logic flaw, specifically due to incomplete role checks during the badge awarding process, allowed badges to be granted without proper verification. This could enable unauthorized users to obtain badges they are not entitled to, potentially leading to privilege escalation or unauthorized access to certain features.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | all versions | 4.1.22composer require moodle/moodle:^4.1.22 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.4.0-beta&&< 4.4.12 | 4.4.12composer require moodle/moodle:^4.4.12 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.5.0-beta&&< 4.5.8 | 4.5.8composer require moodle/moodle:^4.5.8 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 5.0.0-beta&&< 5.0.4 | 5.0.4composer require moodle/moodle:^5.0.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 5.1.0-beta&&< 5.1.1 | 5.1.1composer require moodle/moodle:^5.1.1 |
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 4.1.22 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Close the privilege gap rather than the entry point: audit which accounts, roles and service identities can reach the affected operation, drop the component to the least privilege it actually needs, and review file and directory permissions created by earlier installs — a default left in place is what makes this reachable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm in your dependencies?
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