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medium 6.5

CVE-2022-28601 json

A Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) bypass vulnerability in "Simple 2FA Plugin for Moodle" by LMS Doctor allows remote attackers to overwrite…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-33043

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) bypass vulnerability in "Simple 2FA Plugin for Moodle" by LMS Doctor allows remote attackers to overwrite the phone number used for confirmation via the profile.php file. Therefore, allowing them to bypass the phone verification mechanism.

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Exploit prediction

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/FlaviuPopescu/CVE-2022-28601 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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