CVE-2025-53021CWE-384

A session fixation vulnerability in Moodle 3.x through 3.11.18 allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack user sessions via the sesskey parameter

Medium · published June 24, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A session fixation vulnerability in Moodle 3.x through 3.11.18 allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack user sessions via the sesskey parameter. The sesskey can be obtained without authentication and reused within the OAuth2 login flow, resulting in the victim's session being linked to the attacker's. Successful exploitation results in full account takeover. According to the Moodle Releases page, "Bug fixes for security issues in 3.11.x ended 11 December 2023." NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00325 · 24.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-384 · Session Fixation
Published
2025-06-24T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 00:00Z
    A session fixation vulnerability in Moodle 3.x through 3.11.18 allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack user sessions via the sesskey parameter
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