CVE-2022-35649

criticalpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.086 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

8.55% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

19 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-94USCWE-94US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

antoinenguyen-09/CVE-2022-35649Payload Generator and Detailed Analysis about CVE-2022-35649 PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Moodle≤ Fixed in moodle 4.0.2, moodle 3.11.8, moodle 3.9.15enisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 35fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 36fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle3.11.0 → 3.11.8fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle3.9.0 → 3.9.15fstec_bduRU
Мартин Догиамас Moodle4.0.0 → 4.0.2fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ФССП России ОС ТД АИС ФССП России≤ ИК6fstec_bduRU
fedoraproject fedora= 35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 36nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle3.11.0 → 3.11.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle3.9.0 → 3.9.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moodle moodle4.0.0 → 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami moodle3.11.0 → 3.11.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Bitnami moodle3.9.0 → 3.9.15osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Bitnami moodle4.0.0 → 4.0.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/moodle
Packagist moodle/moodle3.11 → 3.11.8osvUSpkg:composer/moodle/moodle
Packagist moodle/moodle3.9 → 3.9.15osvUSpkg:composer/moodle/moodle
Packagist moodle/moodle4.0 → 4.0.2osvUSpkg:composer/moodle/moodle

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-xp2f-9mx3-3c6pMoodle PostScript Code Injection2022-07-26ghsa · osvUS
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.
BIT-moodle-2022-356492024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-07-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (19)

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