CVE-2025-26525 (GCVE-0-2025-26525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-24 19:31 – Updated: 2025-02-24 20:10
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Title
Arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX
Summary
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).
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Moodle Project moodle Affected: 4.5.0 , < 4.5.2 (semver)
Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.6 (semver)
Affected: 4.3.0 , < 4.3.10 (semver)
Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.16 (semver)
Unknown: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.* (semver)
Unknown: 0 , < 4.0.* (semver)
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