CVE-2022-44544

CRITICAL

Mahara 21.04.0-21.04.6, 21.10.0-21.10.4, 22.04.0-22.04.2 - Remote Code Execution via PDF Export with Ghostscript

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1979575

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.4%
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