CVE-2025-62399 (GCVE-0-2025-62399)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-23 11:28
Modified
2025-10-23 14:52
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Summary
Moodle’s mobile and web service authentication endpoints did not sufficiently restrict repeated password attempts, making them susceptible to brute-force attacks.
References
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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