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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-34031

geoffrowland jmol Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Jun 23, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 23, 2025 · Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin

Patch now

CVE-2025-34031 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.06%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin

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. VulnCheck canary evidence.

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  • vendor Moodle LMS Jmol Pluginversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-34031

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-34031 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Moodle LMS Jmol Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.06%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 23, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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

  2. Jun 23, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-34031

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-34031

    30-day exploitation probability 3.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-34031

    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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.