PT-2017-19011 · Catalyst It · Mahara

Mushraf Mustafa · Published 2017-09-25 · Updated 2017-10-05 · CVE-2017-9551

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions 15.04 through 15.04.13 Mahara versions 16.04 through 16.04.7 Mahara versions 16.10 through 16.10.4 Mahara versions 17.04 through 17.04.2

Description The issue allows a user to submit potentially dangerous payload, such as XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr registration table. The values are then emailed to the user and administrator, and if accepted, become part of the new user's account.

Recommendations For Mahara versions 15.04 through 15.04.13, update to version 15.04.14 or later. For Mahara versions 16.04 through 16.04.7, update to version 16.04.8 or later. For Mahara versions 16.10 through 16.10.4, update to version 16.10.5 or later. For Mahara versions 17.04 through 17.04.2, update to version 17.04.3 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9551

Affected Products

Mahara

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9551 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9551 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1697308 · Note