PT-2021-23787 · Mahara · Mahara

Dominic Couture · Published 2021-11-02 · Updated 2021-11-09 · CVE-2021-43264

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions prior to 20.04.5 Mahara versions prior to 20.10.3 Mahara versions prior to 21.04.2 Mahara versions prior to 21.10.0

Description The issue allows attackers to bypass the intended access control for HTML files via directory traversal by adjusting the path component for the page help file. This is achieved by replacing the - character with the / character, enabling unauthorized access.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20.04.5, update to version 20.04.5 or later. For versions prior to 20.10.3, update to version 20.10.3 or later. For versions prior to 21.04.2, update to version 21.04.2 or later. For versions prior to 21.10.0, update to version 21.10.0 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-43264

Affected Products

Mahara

References · 6

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1944979 · Exploit
• https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43264 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31668 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/22903 · Telegram Post