CVE-2022-40314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A remote code execution risk when restoring backup files originating from Moodle 1.9 was identified.

Published: 2022-09-30

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 6.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

moodle

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0 to 4.0.3, 3.11 to 3.11.9, 3.9 to 3.9.16 and earlier unsupported versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-2hmm-q272-xmhf	Moodle remote code execution

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06064.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128147
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=438393

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-502
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Moodle Moodle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2022-09-30T16:29:22.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T18:23:40.483Z

Reserved: 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40314

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.012Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-30T17:15:13.437

Modified: 2025-05-20T19:15:47.990

Link: CVE-2022-40314

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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