A flaw was found in Moodle. An authorization logic flaw, specifically due to incomplete role checks during the badge awarding process, allowed badges to be granted without proper verification. This could enable unauthorized users to obtain badges they are not entitled to, potentially leading to privilege escalation or unauthorized access to certain features.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm Moodle has an authorization logic flaw
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Moodle
Moodle moodle
Vendors & Products Moodle
Moodle moodle

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Moodle. An authorization logic flaw, specifically due to incomplete role checks during the badge awarding process, allowed badges to be granted without proper verification. This could enable unauthorized users to obtain badges they are not entitled to, potentially leading to privilege escalation or unauthorized access to certain features.
Title Moodle: moodle: privilege escalation via incomplete role checks in badge awarding
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-03T15:42:54.452Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T13:00:24.330Z

Link: CVE-2025-67856

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-03T15:42:46.906Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-03T11:15:55.963

Modified: 2026-02-03T16:44:03.343

Link: CVE-2025-67856

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-04T12:14:07Z

Weaknesses

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