A flaw has been identified in Moodle where, on certain sites, unauthenticated users could retrieve sensitive user data—including names, contact information, and hashed passwords—via stack traces returned by specific API calls. Sites with PHP configured with zend.exception_ignore_args = 1 in the php.ini file are not affected by this vulnerability.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw has been identified in Moodle where, on certain sites, unauthenticated users could retrieve     sensitive user dataincluding names, contact information, and hashed passwordsvia stack traces returned     by specific API calls. Sites with PHP configured with zend.exception_ignore_args = 1 in the php.ini file     are not affected by this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-32044)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A flaw has been identified in Moodle where, on certain sites, unauthenticated users could retrieve
    sensitive user data—including names, contact information, and hashed passwords—via stack traces returned
    by specific API calls. Sites with PHP configured with zend.exception_ignore_args = 1 in the php.ini file
    are not affected by this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-32044)

According to its self-reported version, the Moodle install hosted on the remote host is prior to 4.1.17 or 4.3.x prior to 4.3.11 or 4.4.x prior to 4.4.7 or 4.5.x prior to 4.5.3. It is, therefore, affected by a data exposure through the REST API.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260535	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-32044	Nessus	Misc.	high
434634	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-345q-9jmq-g9q4)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
434634	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-345q-9jmq-g9q4)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
114701	Moodle 4.5.x < 4.5.3 Unauthenticated REST API Data Exposure	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2025-32044

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high

high