Critical severity · published Jul 25, 2022
CVE-2022-35649
The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code
9.8
CVSS
8.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code. An omitted execution parameter results in a remote code execution risk for sites running GhostScript versions older than 9.50. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36 · source: NVD
MO
Moodle · Moodle
3.9.0 before 3.9.15; 3.11.0 before 3.11.8; 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35649
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35649
Patch
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-75044
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106273
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/
Vendor Advisory
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436456
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