CVE-2025-3638 Moodle: csrf risk in brickfield tool's analysis request action

What is CVE-2025-3638?

CVE-2025-3638 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle Moodle, published on 25 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A flaw was found in Moodle. The analysis request action in the Brickfield tool did not include the necessary token to prevent a Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) risk.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3638?

9 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle and moodle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Moodle Moodle.

How do I fix CVE-2025-3638?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 4.1.18, 4.3.12, 4.4.8 or 4.5.4.

Is CVE-2025-3638 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Moodle Moodle

• CVE-2006-4935 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4936 Moodle does not properly validate module instance id Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2233 Unknown "front page vulnerability with Moodle servers" for Moodle before 1.3.2 has unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2235 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-2236 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Moodle Moodle vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-moodle-2025-3638, GHSA-m8qh-hx4c-h9hr, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3638.