Medium 4.3Published Sep 30, 2026

CVE-2026-102584Moodle: missing capability check allows unauthorised grade penalty recalculation

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:30 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A flaw was found in Moodle. Due to a missing capability check, a low-privileged authenticated user can trigger the recalculation of grade penalties without holding the required permissions. This issue allows unauthorized users to modify grade penalty records, potentially altering student assessment scores.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-425
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
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	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-88585patch
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102584vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543637issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=482502vendor-advisory

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