Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Moodle - CVE-2022-40316
Published: September 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67471
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40316
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the H5P activity attempts report does not respect group permissions when displaying information to non-editing teachers about attempts/users in groups they should not have access to. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information.
Affected software
Moodle
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40316
Install updates from vendor's website.
Moodle - addressed in versions 3.9.17, 3.11.10, 4.0.4