CVE-2025-34031

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the Moodle LMS Jmol plugin version 6.1 and prior via the query parameter in jsmol.php. The script directly passes user input to the file_get_contents() function without proper validation, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files from the server's filesystem by crafting a malicious query value. This vulnerability can be exploited without authentication and may expose sensitive configuration data, including database credentials. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-02 UTC.

Weakness classification

• disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-22
• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references

• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Third Party Advisory
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory