CVE-2025-53021

MEDIUM

Moodle <3.11.18 - Session Fixation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A session fixation vulnerability in Moodle 3.x through 3.11.18 allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack user sessions via the sesskey parameter. The sesskey can be obtained without authentication and reused within the OAuth2 login flow, resulting in the victim's session being linked to the attacker's. Successful exploitation results in full account takeover. According to the Moodle Releases page, "Bug fixes for security issues in 3.11.x ended 11 December 2023." NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.2
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 65.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-384
Status published
Products (2)
moodle/moodle 3.0.0 - 3.11.18
moodle/moodle 3.0.0 - 4.0.0Packagist
Published Jun 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026