CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-35650

7.5 HIGH Published 2022-07-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-07-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-22

Description

The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson questions. This insufficient path checks results in arbitrary file read risk. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks. The capability to access this feature is only available to teachers, managers and admins by default.

Affected configurations

• moodle moodle (>= 3.9.0 < 3.9.15) • moodle moodle (>= 3.11.0 < 3.11.8) • moodle moodle (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.2) • fedoraproject fedora 35 • fedoraproject fedora 36

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References