VDB-214276 · CVE-2022-45149 · Nessus 261456

Moodle cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-45149. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) (version now known) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability was found in Moodle which exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in course redirect URL. A user's CSRF token was unnecessarily included in the URL when being redirected to a course they have just restored. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website. This flaw allows an attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The weakness was released 11/23/2022. The advisory is shared for download at git.moodle.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-45149 since 11/11/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261456 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-45149), 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 (261456). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Learning Management Software

Name

Moodle

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://moodle.org/

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 261456
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-45149

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Patch: git.moodle.org

Timelineinfo

11/11/2022 🔍
11/23/2022 +12 days 🔍
11/23/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +1017 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2022-74a9c8e95f
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-45149 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-45149
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214276

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2022 20:49
Updated: 09/06/2025 01:58
Changes: 11/23/2022 20:49 (38), 12/22/2022 15:24 (1), 12/22/2022 15:29 (11), 04/25/2025 23:03 (16), 09/06/2025 01:58 (2)
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