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.
CVE-2022-35650 - High Severity Vulnerability
Moodle - the world's open source learning platform
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **moodle/moodle-v2.6.2** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 27e1f740a162e55490d9ca929f243afbaa92476c
Found in base branch: master
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.
Publish Date: 2022-07-25
URL: CVE-2022-35650
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: None
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Origin: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106274
Release Date: 2022-07-25
Fix Resolution: v3.9.15,v3.11.8,v4.0.2
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