Description
Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.8 and 15.10 before 15.10.4 and 16.04 before 16.04.2 are vulnerable to some authentication methods, which do not use Mahara's built-in login form, still allowing users to log in even if their institution was expired or suspended.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1580399
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0132
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (16)
mahara/mahara
15.04 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
mahara/mahara
15.04.0
mahara/mahara
15.04.1
mahara/mahara
15.04.2
mahara/mahara
15.04.3
mahara/mahara
15.04.4
mahara/mahara
15.04.5
mahara/mahara
15.04.6
mahara/mahara
15.04.7
mahara/mahara
16.04 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
... and 6 more
Published
Nov 03, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026