PT-2011-4078 · Catalyst It · Mahara

Teemu Vesala · Published 2011-11-15 · Updated 2011-11-15 · CVE-2011-2771

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions prior to 1.4.1

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. The vulnerabilities are related to URI attributes and the External Feed component. An example of exploitation is through the guid element in an RSS feed.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.1, update to version 1.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the External Feed component until the update is applied. Avoid using URI attributes that may be related to the vulnerability in the affected versions.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2771

DSA-2334-1

Affected Products

Mahara

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/798136 · Exploit
• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.4.1 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46719 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2771 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2334 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.2.6-2+squeeze3.debian.tar.gz · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2771 · Note