{"id":"CVE-2022-35650","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-35650","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T00:06:03.595Z","title":"The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson questions.","description":"The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson questions. This insufficient path checks results in arbitrary file read risk. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks. The capability to access this feature is only available to teachers, managers and admins by default.","published":"2022-07-25T16:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:52:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"patrick@puiterwijk.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-20"],"affected":["moodle/moodle","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.53652,"percentile":0.98996,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","score":0.50973,"percentile":0.98907},{"date":"2026-10-12","score":0.53652,"percentile":0.98975}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72029","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106274","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/","source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/","source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436457","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-72029","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106274","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436457","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35650","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}