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Vulnerability details: VCID-233t-s5y8-4yg5
Vulnerability ID VCID-233t-s5y8-4yg5
Aliases CVE-2022-0985
GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj
Summary Improper Authentication Insufficient capability checks could allow users with the `moodle/site:uploadusers` capability to delete users, without having the necessary `moodle/user:delete` capability.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
System Score Found at
epss 0.00185 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-0985
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064117
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064117
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/moodle/moodle
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/addd4f894d8173ec8ff0ae2212d51a1977e7bcad
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/addd4f894d8173ec8ff0ae2212d51a1977e7bcad
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-0985
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064117
https://github.com/moodle/moodle
https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/addd4f894d8173ec8ff0ae2212d51a1977e7bcad
CVE-2022-0985 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064117
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/addd4f894d8173ec8ff0ae2212d51a1977e7bcad
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.39982
EPSS Score 0.00185
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:42:10.030444+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/moodle/moodle/CVE-2022-0985.yml 38.6.0