Mahara up to 15.04.14/16.04.8/16.10.5/17.04.3 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mahara up to 15.04.14/16.04.8/16.10.5/17.04.3. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-14752. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 15.04.14/16.04.8/16.10.5/17.04.3 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.15, 16.04 before 16.04.9, 16.10 before 16.10.6, and 17.04 before 17.04.4 are vulnerable to a user submitting a potential dangerous payload, e.g., XSS code, to be saved as their first name, last name, or display name in the profile fields that can cause issues such as escalation of privileges or unknown execution of malicious code when replying to messages in Mahara.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2017. The weakness was disclosed 10/31/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-14752 since 09/26/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version bis 15.04.15, 16.04.9, 16.10.6 or 17.04.4 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
• 15.04.14
• 16.04.0
• 16.04.1
• 16.04.2
• 16.04.3
• 16.04.4
• 16.04.5
• 16.04.6
• 16.04.7
• 16.04.8
• 16.10.0
• 16.10.1
• 16.10.2
• 16.10.3
• 16.10.4
• 16.10.5
• 17.04.0
• 17.04.1
• 17.04.2
• 17.04.3

License

• open-source

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