CVE-2012-2239

CRITICAL

Mahara 1.4.0-1.4.3 and 1.5.0-1.5.2 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0155
EPSS Percentile 71.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 6.0
mahara/mahara 1.4.0 - 1.4.4
Published Nov 24, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026