Moodle Badge Awarding RBAC Bypass Allows Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-67856 Published on February 3, 2026
Moodle: moodle: privilege escalation via incomplete role checks in badge awarding
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-67856 is exploitable 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 a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2025-67856 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-67856
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Exploit Probability
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