CVE-2017-17455

MEDIUM

Mahara 16.10.0-16.10.6, 17.04.0-17.04.4, 17.10.0-17.10.1 - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 45.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
mahara/mahara 16.10.0 - 16.10.7
Published Feb 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026