Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2025 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2025-34031Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin Path Traversal
High 8.7
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in Jmol Plugin from Moodle. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.1% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in the Moodle LMS Jmol plugin version 6.1 and prior via the query parameter in jsmol.php. The script directly passes user input to the file_get_contents() function without proper validation, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files from the server's filesystem by crafting a malicious query value. This vulnerability can be exploited without authentication and may expose sensitive configuration data, including database credentials. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-02 UTC.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle | Jmol Plugin | 0 – through 6.1 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://www.dionach.com/moodle-jmol-plugin-multiple-vulnerabilities/ exploit, technical-description
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46881 third-party-advisory, exploit
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/moodle-lms-jmol-plugin-path-traversal third-party-advisory