CVE-2022-0985

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Insufficient capability checks could allow users with the moodle/site:uploadusers capability to delete users, without having the necessary moodle/user:delete capability.

Affected products

Moodle: before 3.9.13; from 3.10.0 before 3.10.10; from 3.11.0 before 3.11.6 — fixed in 3.10.10, 3.11.6, 3.9.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Moodle 3.10.10, 3.11.6, 3.9.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064117
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064117

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