🛡️ CVE-2022-0985 — moodle

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0985 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0985 is recorded against 2 packages.

• moodle
• moodle/moodle (from 3.9 up to 3.9.13)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

moodle has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CGA-gh9j-5h6h-jq6x (published 5 Aug 2026)
• CGA-9vcc-mq55-9mmm (published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-50943 (5.0 Medium, published 28 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50943 (published 10 May 2026)
• CVE-2021-47857 (5.0 Medium, published 6 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2025-67847 (8.0 High, published 6 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-26047 (5.0 Medium, published 2 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-26046 (8.0 High, published 2 Mar 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-287: Improper Authentication) in other software:

• CVE-2022-24885 (2.0 Low, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-39254 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2012-4456 (8.0 High, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-0056 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-0483 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-1211 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-17134 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-37298 (9.8 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)

CVE-2022-0985 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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