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CVE-2020-25699

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-25699 describes an insufficient capability check vulnerability in Moodle versions 3.5 through 3.9.2, allowing users with course restore privileges to escalate their capabilities within that course. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its low attack complexity and network-based vector, potentially leading to high integrity impacts by granting unauthorized permissions. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.5.0, <= 3.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.7.0, <= 3.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.8.0, <= 3.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.9.0, <= 3.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.9.3
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.8.6
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.7.9
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 3.5.15

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-h77r-rp97-7rv4high

Privilage Escalation in moodle

Mar 29, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4NNFCHPPHRJNJROIX6SYMHOC6HMKP3GU
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B55KXBVAT45MDASJ3EK6VIGQOYGJ4NH6
moodle.org / mod/forum/discuss.php
Vendor Advisory