Moodle Administration Page sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Moodle. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Administration Page. Performing a manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-40315. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Administration Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A limited SQL injection risk was identified in the "browse list of users" site administration page.

The weakness was disclosed 10/01/2022. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-40315 since 09/09/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261507 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-40315), 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 (261507). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 261507
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-40315

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/09/2022 🔍
10/01/2022 +22 days 🔍
10/01/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +1071 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-40315 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40315
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210057

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2022 09:01
Updated: 09/06/2025 19:02
Changes: 10/01/2022 09:01 (37), 10/29/2022 10:37 (11), 05/20/2025 19:25 (15), 09/06/2025 19:02 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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