CVE-2025-34031 PoC — Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin Path Traversal

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-34031.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin Path Traversal (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.

Description

Moodle Jmol Filter 6.1 is vulnerable to local file inclusion through the jsmol.php file, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files on the server.

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