What is CVE-2024-43429?

CVE-2024-43429 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-43429?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moodle

CVE-2024-43429

A flaw was found in moodle. Some hidden user profile fields are visible in gradebook reports, which could result in users without the "view hidden user fields" capability having access to the information.

Published 2024-11-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moodle

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, issue-tracking)
moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43429?: CVE-2024-43429 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-43429?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.