CVE-2022-50943

6.1 MEDIUM

Moodle LMS 4.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitt...

Published: 2026-05-10 · Last updated: 2026-05-27

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE: CWE-79

Affected products

Vendor	Product
moodle	moodle

Description

Moodle LMS 4.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting payloads through the search parameter. Attackers can inject JavaScript code via the search field in course/search.php to execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers and steal session cookies.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50943
[Other]https://git.in.moodle.com/moodle
[Other]https://moodle.org/
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51115
[Other]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moodle-lms-cross-site-scripting-via-course-search-php

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