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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-6gx2-g773-hv9h
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-6gx2-g773-hv9h
Aliases CVE-2022-45150
Summary Moodle reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in policy tool A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in Moodle. This flaw exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in policy tool. An attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted link that executes an arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks to gain access potentially sensitive information and modification of web pages.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-6gx2-g773-hv9h/GHSA-6gx2-g773-hv9h.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-76091
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142773
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DHYIIAUXUBHMBEDYU7TYNZXEN2W2SA2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/74SXNGA5RIWM7QNX7H3G7SYIQLP4UUGV
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLRJB5JNKK3VVBLV3NH3RI7COEDAXSAB
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=440770
CVE-2022-45150 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45150
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-6gx2-g773-hv9h/GHSA-6gx2-g773-hv9h.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

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unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-25T19:29:16Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/45xxx/CVE-2022-45150.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-45150

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]