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Vulnerability details: VCID-nq6z-8wrv-4qbm
Vulnerability ID VCID-nq6z-8wrv-4qbm
Aliases CVE-2022-0985
GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj
Summary Improper Authentication in moodle 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-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00246 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-0985
epss 0.00246 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_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj
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
cvssv2 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
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
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj
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
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/commit/addd4f894d8173ec8ff0ae2212d51a1977e7bcad
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: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0985
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) 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://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)

network

adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.47806
EPSS Score 0.00246
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:22:52.574645+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/04/GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj/GHSA-6q9g-3vfq-q2qj.json 36.1.3