A flaw was found in moodle where logic used to count failed login attempts could result in the account lockout threshold being bypassed.
CVE-2022-30600
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.9%, top 9% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 91.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 18, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Jun 9, 2026[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: moodle-3.11.7-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PIMSIRKCFLIC646K4GMUSZU7THOUVPAJ/[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: moodle-3.11.7-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGF35EN5K2R6X3NTY3XPZSJ3UDASMXI6/2083613 – (CVE-2022-30600, MSA-22-0014) CVE-2022-30600 moodle: Failed login attempts counted incorrectly
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2083613Commit search results · GitHub
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-73736[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: moodle-3.11.7-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QCTWSE3JDMSYL7DPCMXMMJEXZSS6VIA5/Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| moodle/moodle | v3.11.0 ... v3.11.6 (10 versions) | 3.11.7 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCBoonjune/POC-CVE-2022-30600First seen Oct 2, 2022
A proof of concept for CVE-2022-30600
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