CVE-2022-50943 PUBLISHED

Moodle LMS 4.0 Cross-Site Scripting via course search.php

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 11.01.2026 Published: 10.05.2026 Updated: 10.05.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.1

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	Low
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	Low
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Active

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Moodle
Product	Moodle LMS
Versions	Version 4.0 is affected

Credits

Saud Alenazi finder

References

Problem Types

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE