VDB-198731 · CVE-2022-0984 · Nessus 261460

Moodle Badge Criteria access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moodle. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Badge Criteria Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-0984. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Badge Criteria Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 04/30/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-0984 since 03/15/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261460 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-0984), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261460). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Learning Management Software

Name

Moodle

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://moodle.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261460
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-0984

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

03/15/2022 🔍
04/30/2022 +45 days 🔍
04/30/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +1224 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-0984 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0984
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-198731

Entryinfo

Created: 04/30/2022 08:14
Updated: 09/06/2025 00:19
Changes: 04/30/2022 08:14 (36), 05/04/2022 12:12 (1), 09/06/2025 00:19 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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