Moodle User Profile Field cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Moodle. This affects an unknown part of the component User Profile Field Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-45151. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component User Profile Field Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The stored-XSS vulnerability was discovered in Moodle which exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in several "social" user profile fields. An attacker could inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

The weakness was released 11/23/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at git.moodle.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-45151 since 11/11/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261263 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-45151), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.moodle.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (261263). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Name

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

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

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 261263
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-45151

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: git.moodle.org

Timelineinfo

11/11/2022 🔍
11/23/2022 +12 days 🔍
11/23/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2025 +1017 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2022-74a9c8e95f
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-45151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-45151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214271

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2022 20:44
Updated: 09/05/2025 06:02
Changes: 11/23/2022 20:44 (39), 12/22/2022 14:57 (1), 04/25/2025 23:03 (27), 09/05/2025 06:02 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!

n $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ?? '0.0.0.0'; } } ?>