CVE-2022-0984 Missing authorization in Moodle

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Teachers and managers can improperly configure course badges with profile field criteria, bypassing intended restrictions on badge configuration options.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0984?

CVE-2022-0984 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Users with the capability to configure badge criteria (teachers and managers by default) were able to configure course badges with profile field criteria, which should only be available for site badges.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0984?

7 open source packages ship an affected version, including moodle/moodle and moodle. It affects 3 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions3.9.13
moodle/moodle PackagistAll versions3.9.13
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.10.03.10.10
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.10.03.10.10
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.11.03.11.6
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.11.03.11.6
1 more packages
moodle BitnamiFrom 3.9.03.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.6

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Moodle Moodle, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0984?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 3.9.13, 3.10.10 or 3.11.6.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-0984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-moodle-2022-0984, GHSA-c5hf-mc85-2hx4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0984.

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