What is CVE-2024-43434?

CVE-2024-43434 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-43434?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Moodle

CVE-2024-43434

The bulk message sending feature in Moodle's Feedback module's non-respondents report had an incorrect CSRF token check, leading to a CSRF vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moodle

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

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-2024-43434?: CVE-2024-43434 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-43434?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.