The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson questions. This insufficient path checks results in arbitrary file read risk. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks. The capability to access this feature is only available to teachers, managers and admins by default.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson     questions. This insufficient path checks results in arbitrary file read risk. This vulnerability allows a     remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks. The capability to access this feature is only     available to teachers, managers and admins by default. (CVE-2022-35650)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson
    questions. This insufficient path checks results in arbitrary file read risk. This vulnerability allows a
    remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks. The capability to access this feature is only
    available to teachers, managers and admins by default. (CVE-2022-35650)

The version of Moodle installed on the remote host is 3.9.x prior to 3.9.15, 3.11.x prior to 3.11.8 or 4.0.x prior to 4.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A code injection through an omitted execution parameter elading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) for sites running GhostScript versions older than 9.50. (CVE-2022-35649)

 - An arbitrary file read due to an insufficient path checks in a lesson question import available to teachers, managers and admins by default. (CVE-2022-35650)

 - A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities due to an insufficient sanitizing of SCORM track details. (CVE-2022-35651)

 - An open redirect vulnerability due to the lack of sanitization in the mobile auto-login URL. (CVE-2022-35652)

 - A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LTI module only affecting unauthentication users. (CVE-2022-35653)

Note that the scanner has not attempted to exploit this issue but has instead relied only on application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260584	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-35650	Nessus	Misc.	high
421792	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-pgm5-cr62-prxq)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
421792	SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-pgm5-cr62-prxq)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
113602	Moodle 4.0.x < 4.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical
113601	Moodle 3.11.x < 3.11.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical
113600	Moodle 3.9.x < 3.9.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical

Detections

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CVE-2022-35650

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Tenable Plugins

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