PT-2011-3103 · Catalyst It · Mahara

Richard Mansfield · Published 2011-05-13 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2011-1405

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions prior to 1.3.6

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via vectors associated with HTML e-mail messages and is related to files artefact/comment/lib.php and interaction/forum/lib.php.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3.6, update to version 1.3.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of HTML in e-mail messages to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1405

DSA-2246-1

Affected Products

Mahara

References · 8

• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/772860 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1405 · Security Note
• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.3.6 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44433 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2246 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/47798 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67399 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1405 · Note