GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57
Aliases
Published
2026-02-03T12:30:29Z
Modified
2026-02-22T23:41:04.612282Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moodle Affected by Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-03T11:15:55Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-03T19:15:22Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-307"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.22

Affected versions

v2.*
v2.3.4
v2.3.5
v2.3.6
v2.3.7
v2.3.8
v2.3.9
v2.3.10
v2.3.11
v2.4.0-rc1
v2.4.0
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.4.6
v2.4.7
v2.4.8
v2.4.9
v2.4.10
v2.4.11
v2.5.0-beta
v2.5.0-rc1
v2.5.0
v2.5.1
v2.5.2
v2.5.3
v2.5.4
v2.5.5
v2.5.6
v2.5.7
v2.5.8
v2.5.9
v2.6.0-beta
v2.6.0-rc1
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.6.4
v2.6.5
v2.6.6
v2.6.7
v2.6.8
v2.6.9
v2.6.10
v2.6.11
v2.7.0-beta
v2.7.0-rc1
v2.7.0-rc2
v2.7.0
v2.7.1
v2.7.2
v2.7.3
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6
v2.7.7
v2.7.8
v2.7.9
v2.7.10
v2.7.11
v2.7.12
v2.7.13
v2.7.14
v2.7.15
v2.7.16
v2.7.17
v2.7.18
v2.7.19
v2.7.20
v2.8.0-beta
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.8.0
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.8.3
v2.8.4
v2.8.5
v2.8.6
v2.8.7
v2.8.8
v2.8.9
v2.8.10
v2.8.11
v2.8.12
v2.9.0-beta
v2.9.0-rc1
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.0
v2.9.1
v2.9.2
v2.9.3
v2.9.4
v2.9.5
v2.9.6
v2.9.7
v2.9.8
v2.9.9
v3.*
v3.0.0-beta
v3.0.0-rc1
v3.0.0-rc2
v3.0.0-rc3
v3.0.0-rc4
v3.0.0
v3.0.1
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.0.4
v3.0.5
v3.0.6
v3.0.7
v3.0.8
v3.0.9
v3.0.10
v3.1.0-beta
v3.1.0-rc1
v3.1.0-rc2
v3.1.0
v3.1.1
v3.1.2
v3.1.3
v3.1.4
v3.1.5
v3.1.6
v3.1.7
v3.1.8
v3.1.9
v3.1.10
v3.1.11
v3.1.12
v3.1.13
v3.1.14
v3.1.15
v3.1.16
v3.1.17
v3.1.18
v3.2.0-beta
v3.2.0-rc1
v3.2.0-rc2
v3.2.0-rc3
v3.2.0-rc4
v3.2.0-rc5
v3.2.0
v3.2.1
v3.2.2
v3.2.3
v3.2.4
v3.2.5
v3.2.6
v3.2.7
v3.2.8
v3.2.9
v3.3.0-beta
v3.3.0-rc1
v3.3.0-rc2
v3.3.0-rc3
v3.3.0
v3.3.1
v3.3.2
v3.3.3
v3.3.4
v3.3.5
v3.3.6
v3.3.7
v3.3.8
v3.3.9
v3.4.0-beta
v3.4.0-rc1
v3.4.0-rc2
v3.4.0-rc3
v3.4.0
v3.4.1
v3.4.2
v3.4.3
v3.4.4
v3.4.5
v3.4.6
v3.4.7
v3.4.8
v3.4.9
v3.5.0-beta
v3.5.0-rc1
v3.5.0
v3.5.1
v3.5.2
v3.5.3
v3.5.4
v3.5.5
v3.5.6
v3.5.7
v3.5.8
v3.5.9
v3.5.10
v3.5.11
v3.5.12
v3.5.13
v3.5.14
v3.5.15
v3.5.16
v3.5.17
v3.5.18
v3.6.0-beta
v3.6.0-rc1
v3.6.0-rc2
v3.6.0-rc3
v3.6.0
v3.6.1
v3.6.2
v3.6.3
v3.6.4
v3.6.5
v3.6.6
v3.6.7
v3.6.8
v3.6.9
v3.6.10
v3.7.0-beta
v3.7.0-rc1
v3.7.0-rc2
v3.7.0
v3.7.1
v3.7.2
v3.7.3
v3.7.4
v3.7.5
v3.7.6
v3.7.7
v3.7.8
v3.7.9
v3.8.0-beta
v3.8.0-rc1
v3.8.0
v3.8.1
v3.8.2
v3.8.3
v3.8.4
v3.8.5
v3.8.6
v3.8.7
v3.8.8
v3.8.9
v3.9.0-beta
v3.9.0-rc1
v3.9.0-rc2
v3.9.0-rc3
v3.9.0
v3.9.1
v3.9.2
v3.9.3
v3.9.4
v3.9.5
v3.9.6
v3.9.7
v3.9.8
v3.9.9
v3.9.10
v3.9.11
v3.9.12
v3.9.13
v3.9.14
v3.9.15
v3.9.16
v3.9.17
v3.9.18
v3.9.19
v3.9.20
v3.9.21
v3.9.22
v3.9.23
v3.9.24
v3.9.25
v3.10.0-beta
v3.10.0-rc1
v3.10.0-rc2
v3.10.0
v3.10.1
v3.10.2
v3.10.3
v3.10.4
v3.10.5
v3.10.6
v3.10.7
v3.10.8
v3.10.9
v3.10.10
v3.10.11
v3.11.0-beta
v3.11.0-rc1
v3.11.0-rc2
v3.11.0
v3.11.1
v3.11.2
v3.11.3
v3.11.4
v3.11.5
v3.11.6
v3.11.7
v3.11.8
v3.11.9
v3.11.10
v3.11.11
v3.11.12
v3.11.13
v3.11.14
v3.11.15
v3.11.16
v3.11.17
v3.11.18
v4.*
v4.0.0-beta
v4.0.0-rc1
v4.0.0-rc2
v4.0.0-rc3
v4.0.0-rc4
v4.0.0
v4.0.1
v4.0.2
v4.0.3
v4.0.4
v4.0.5
v4.0.6
v4.0.7
v4.0.8
v4.0.9
v4.0.10
v4.0.11
v4.0.12
v4.1.0-beta
v4.1.0-rc1
v4.1.0-rc2
v4.1.0-rc3
v4.1.0
v4.1.1
v4.1.2
v4.1.3
v4.1.4
v4.1.5
v4.1.6
v4.1.7
v4.1.8
v4.1.9
v4.1.10
v4.1.11
v4.1.12
v4.1.13
v4.1.14
v4.1.15
v4.1.16
v4.1.17
v4.1.18
v4.1.19
v4.1.20
v4.1.21

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57.json"

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.4.0-beta
Fixed
4.4.12

Affected versions

v4.*
v4.4.0-beta
v4.4.0-rc1
v4.4.0-rc2
v4.4.0
v4.4.1
v4.4.2
v4.4.3
v4.4.4
v4.4.5
v4.4.6
v4.4.7
v4.4.8
v4.4.9
v4.4.10
v4.4.11

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57.json"

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.5.0-beta
Fixed
4.5.8

Affected versions

v4.*
v4.5.0-beta
v4.5.0-rc1
v4.5.0-rc2
v4.5.0
v4.5.1
v4.5.2
v4.5.3
v4.5.4
v4.5.5
v4.5.6
v4.5.7

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57.json"

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.0.0-beta
Fixed
5.0.4

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.0.0-beta
v5.0.0-rc1
v5.0.0-rc2
v5.0.0-rc3
v5.0.0
v5.0.1
v5.0.2
v5.0.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57.json"

Packagist / moodle/moodle

Package

Name
moodle/moodle
Purl
pkg:composer/moodle/moodle

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.1.0-beta
Fixed
5.1.1

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.1.0-beta
v5.1.0-rc1
v5.1.0-rc2
v5.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57/GHSA-5cx4-w4fh-fr57.json"