CVE-2025-67856

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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67856	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423864	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:5.1.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-03 11:15

Updated : 2026-02-26 22:20

NVD link : CVE-2025-67856

Mitre link : CVE-2025-67856

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-67856

JSON object : View

Products Affected

moodle

moodle

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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