CVE-2022-30598 Exposure of Sensitive Information in moodle

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can view author information for activities they lack access to via global search results in Moodle.

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-2022-30598?

CVE-2022-30598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in moodle where global search results could include author information on some activities where a user may not otherwise have access to it.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30598?

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-2022-30598?

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

Is CVE-2022-30598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-moodle-2022-30598, GHSA-fj6p-g234-rrv3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-30598.

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