Mahara up to 15.04.13/16.04.7/16.10.4/17.04.2 Reuse access control

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mahara up to 15.04.13/16.04.7/16.10.4/17.04.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to access control (Reuse). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-14163. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 15.04.13/16.04.7/16.10.4/17.04.2 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Reuse). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Mahara before 15.04.14, 16.x before 16.04.8, 16.10.x before 16.10.5, and 17.x before 17.04.3. When one closes the browser without logging out of Mahara, the value in the usr_session table is not removed. If someone were to open a browser, visit the Mahara site, and adjust the 'mahara' cookie to the old value, they can get access to the user's account.

The bug was discovered 09/06/2017. The weakness was published 10/31/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14163 since 09/06/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 55 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 15.04.14, 16.04.8, 16.10.5 or 17.04.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Mahara

Version

• 15.04.0
• 15.04.1
• 15.04.2
• 15.04.3
• 15.04.4
• 15.04.5
• 15.04.6
• 15.04.7
• 15.04.8
• 15.04.9
• 15.04.10
• 15.04.11
• 15.04.12
• 15.04.13
• 16.04.0
• 16.04.1
• 16.04.2
• 16.04.3
• 16.04.4
• 16.04.5
• 16.04.6
• 16.04.7
• 16.10.0
• 16.10.1
• 16.10.2
• 16.10.3
• 16.10.4
• 17.04.0
• 17.04.1
• 17.04.2

License

• open-source

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