PT-2017-10853 · Catalyst It · Mahara

Sajibe Kanti · Published 2017-11-03 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-1000153

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions 15.04 through 15.04.9 Mahara versions 15.10 through 15.10.5 Mahara versions 16.04 through 16.04.3

Description The issue arises from incorrect access control after a password reset link is sent via email and the user changes their default email. Mahara fails to invalidate the old link, allowing the link in the email to be used to gain access to the user's account.

Recommendations For Mahara versions 15.04 through 15.04.9, update to version 15.04.10 or later. For Mahara versions 15.10 through 15.10.5, update to version 15.10.6 or later. For Mahara versions 16.04 through 16.04.3, update to version 16.04.4 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000153

Affected Products

Mahara

References · 4

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1577251 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000153 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000153 · Note