What is GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf?

GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Moodle has a time restriction bypass

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf cover?

GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-62401. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf?

GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf?

GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf affects 4 products, including: composer/moodle/moodle:\u003e= 5.0.0-beta, \u003c 5.0.3; composer/moodle/moodle:\u003e= 4.5.0-beta, \u003c 4.5.7; composer/moodle/moodle:\u003e= 4.2.0-beta, \u003c 4.4.11; composer/moodle/moodle:\u003c 4.1.21.

GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjfMediumCVSS 5.4

Moodle has a time restriction bypass

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 23, 2025

Last Modified

October 24, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-62401 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products4

composer/moodle/moodle:>= 5.0.0-beta, < 5.0.3
composer/moodle/moodle:>= 4.5.0-beta, < 4.5.7
composer/moodle/moodle:>= 4.2.0-beta, < 4.4.11
composer/moodle/moodle:< 4.1.21

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62401
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62401
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404434
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/78a3fe6c618676dfc53ea538abbfe35e60674eeb
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=470390
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w29j-8phw-ffjf