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CVE-2022-35650

The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson questions. This insuff

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00441
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

4
moodle>= 3.9.0 and < 3.9.15
moodle>= 3.11.0 and < 3.11.8
moodle>= 4.0.0 and < 4.0.2
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist moodle/moodle HIGH fixed in 3.9.15
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · patrick@puiterwijk.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Jul 2022 · 04:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72029PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106274Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436457Vendor Advisory
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