moodle/moodle · Security
Moodle Affected by Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-67853
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
CWEs
- CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts