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

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A vulnerability has been found in Mahara up to 15.04.14/16.04.8/16.10.5/17.04.3 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-15273. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

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 declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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 titles in internal artefacts.

The bug was discovered 10/30/2017. The weakness was presented 10/31/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-15273 since 10/11/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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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