CVE-2025-26525

Arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX

Severity Score

8.6

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as those with TeX Live installed).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-02-12 CVE Reserved
2025-02-24 CVE Published
2025-02-24 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-84136	2025-02-24

URL	Date	SRC
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=466141	2025-02-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Moodle Project Search vendor "Moodle Project"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle"				>= 4.5.0 < 4.5.2 Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle" and version " >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.2"		en		Affected
Moodle Project Search vendor "Moodle Project"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle"				>= 4.4.0 < 4.4.6 Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle" and version " >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.6"		en		Affected
Moodle Project Search vendor "Moodle Project"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle"				>= 4.3.0 < 4.3.10 Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle" and version " >= 4.3.0 < 4.3.10"		en		Affected
Moodle Project Search vendor "Moodle Project"		Moodle Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle"				>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.16 Search vendor "Moodle Project" for product "Moodle" and version " >= 4.1.0 < 4.1.16"		en		Affected