CVE-2026-102584
mediumA flaw was found in Moodle.
Vendor / product: Moodle — moodle
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
4.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (patrick@puiterwijk.org)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-30 09:17
Modified: 2026-10-01 14:48
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
moodle / moodle ≥5.0.0 <5.0.9, ≥5.1.0 <5.1.6, ≥5.2.0 <5.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=482502
Patch / mitigation: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-88585
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-88585 patrick@puiterwijk.org
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102584 patrick@puiterwijk.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543637 patrick@puiterwijk.org
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=482502 patrick@puiterwijk.org
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗