CVE-2025-26525
Arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX
HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: February 24, 2025 at 07:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMoodle
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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
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).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 4.1.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.3.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0.* (unknown)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.2.0 (unknown)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.6HIGHfedora
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-552
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