Advisory record · GHSA-j9cw-5cpj-9qj5

Moodle has a Hidden Functionality vulnerability

CVSS 5.3 MediumEPSS 0.0053 · 44th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 Mar 2023, 00:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodlePackagist>=3.11.0-beta, <3.11.1 || >=3.10.0-beta, <3.10.5 || <3.9.83.11.1, 3.10.5, 3.9.8
Identifiers
GHSA-j9cw-5cpj-9qj5 · BIT-moodle-2021-36403 · CVE-2021-36403 · PKSA-9gf2-4rwz-pbz6
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-912
Published
7 Mar 2023
Updated
6 Dec 2023

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Moodle (moodle/moodle) versions before 3.9.8, from 3.10.0-beta before 3.10.5, and from 3.11.0-beta before 3.11.1 are affected. In some circumstances, email notifications of messages could hide the link back to the original message behind HTML, which may enable phishing. The source gives few details about the attacker's required access. Upgrade to 3.9.8, 3.10.5, 3.11.1, or later.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.3 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0053, the 44th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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