CVE-2025-67847: Moodle affected by a code injection vulnerability

January 23, 2026 (updated January 26, 2026)

A flaw was found in Moodle. An attacker with access to the restore interface could trigger server-side execution of arbitrary code. This is due to insufficient validation of restore input, which leads to unintended interpretation by core restore routines. Successful exploitation could result in a full compromise of the Moodle application.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67847
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvmh-25jw-gmmm
github.com/moodle/moodle
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=471297
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67847

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