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SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437514

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in Moodle. A remote attacker could exploit a lack of proper rate limiting in the
 confirmation email service. This vulnerability allows attackers to more easily enumerate or guess user
 credentials, facilitating brute-force attacks against user accounts. (CVE-2025-67853)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437514

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-67853

cwe: CWE-307