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Medium, CVSS 5.3

Moodle Bypass email verification secret when confirming account registration

CVE-2021-20282GHSA-grj4-g57c-9xmv

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (moodle/moodle 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • Packagist moodle/moodle

    Affected
    >= 3.5, < 3.5.17>= 3.8, < 3.8.8>= 3.9, < 3.9.5>= 3.10, < 3.10.2
    Fixed in
    3.9.5, 3.5.17, 3.10.2, 3.8.8

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2021-20282: 1.32% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 70.83 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

When creating a user account, it was possible to verify the account without having access to the verification email link/secret in moodle before 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-grj4-g57c-9xmv

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-20282

Advisory: Moodle Bypass email verification secret when confirming account registration
IDs: CVE-2021-20282, GHSA-grj4-g57c-9xmv
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-20282 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: moodle/moodle 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.8.8, 3.5.17. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist moodle/moodle: affected >= 3.5, < 3.5.17; >= 3.8, < 3.8.8; >= 3.9, < 3.9.5; >= 3.10, < 3.10.2; fixed in 3.9.5, 3.5.17, 3.10.2, 3.8.8

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist moodle/moodle: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on moodle/moodle.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-grj4-g57c-9xmv (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-grj4-g57c-9xmv lists affected ranges: Packagist moodle/moodle >=3.5 =3.8 =3.9 =3.10 <3.10.2)

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