CVE-2022-30596 Cross-site Scripting in moodle

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers can inject malicious scripts via assignment ID numbers in Moodle, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-30596?

CVE-2022-30596 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A flaw was found in moodle where ID numbers displayed when bulk allocating markers to assignments required additional sanitizing to prevent a stored XSS risk.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30596?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.103.10.11
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.103.10.11
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.113.11.7
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.113.11.7
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.93.9.14
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 3.93.9.14
3 more packages
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.04.0.1
moodle/moodle PackagistFrom 4.04.0.1
moodle BitnamiFrom 3.9.03.9.14, 3.10.11, 3.11.7, 4.0.1

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

How do I fix CVE-2022-30596?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to a fixed version for your release line: 3.10.11, 3.11.7, 3.9.14 or 4.0.1.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-30596 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-moodle-2022-30596, GHSA-wvh5-78h5-gmgr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-30596.

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