Moodle Timed Assignment BYPASS: Students Gain Extra Time
CVE-2025-62401 Published on October 23, 2025
Moodle: possible to bypass timer in timed assignments
An issue in Moodles timed assignment feature allowed students to bypass the time restriction, potentially giving them more time than allowed to complete an assessment.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-62401 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2025-62401 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-62401
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Exploit Probability
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