Description
Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-250
Status
published
Products (2)
mahara/mahara
22.10.0 rc1
mahara/mahara
21.04.0 - 21.04.7
Published
Nov 06, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026