Medium 5.5Published Sep 30, 2026

CVE-2026-102578Moodle: sql injection in question bank web service

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:30 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, higher than 21% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A flaw was found in Moodle. An authenticated attacker with access to the question bank web service can submit unsanitized input directly into database queries, resulting in a SQL (Structured Query Language) injection vulnerability. This issue could allow an attacker to view, alter, or delete sensitive data stored in the underlying database.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-89
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.30% (percentile 21)
Assigned by: fedora
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Sep 30, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

moodle moodle moodle:moodle	before 4.5.13; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.9; from 5.1.0 before 5.1.6; from 5.2.0 before 5.2.2	NVD

References

http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-89383patch
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102578vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543632issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=482496vendor-advisory

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