What is CVE-2022-0984?

CVE-2022-0984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-0984?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0984 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Moodle

CVE-2022-0984

Users with the capability to configure badge criteria (teachers and managers by default) were able to configure course badges with profile field criteria, which should only be available for site badges.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2022-04-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Moodle
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34, 35, 36
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0
Moodle — versions moodle 3.11.6, moodle 3.10.10, moodle 3.9.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

jev770/badmoodle-scan

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0984?: CVE-2022-0984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Moodle, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-0984?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0984 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.