CVE-2025-62401 (GCVE-0-2025-62401)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-23 11:29
Modified
2025-10-23 14:39
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
An issue in Moodle’s timed assignment feature allowed students to bypass the time restriction, potentially giving them more time than allowed to complete an assessment.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Version: 5.0.0   ≤
Version: 4.5.0   ≤
Version: 4.4.0   ≤
Version: 4.1.0   ≤
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