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Moodle: password brute force risk when mobile/web services enabled

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Moodle’s mobile and web service authentication endpoints did not sufficiently restrict repeated password attempts, making them susceptible to brute-force attacks.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-62399
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Moodle: password brute force risk when mobile/web services enabled

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Oct 2025, 11:28 UTC

Moodle’s mobile and web service authentication endpoints did not sufficiently restrict repeated password attempts, making them susceptible to brute-force attacks.

osv:CVE-2025-62399
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62399",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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