What is CVE-2024-43440?

CVE-2024-43440 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-43440?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Moodle

CVE-2024-43440

A flaw was found in moodle. A local file may include risks when restoring block backups.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% 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-2024-43440?: CVE-2024-43440 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-43440?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.