Mahara up to 1.8.6/1.9.4/1.10.2/15.03.x URL access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 1.8.6/1.9.4/1.10.2/15.03.x and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-1000142. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 1.8.6/1.9.4/1.10.2/15.03.x (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mahara 1.8 before 1.8.7 and 1.9 before 1.9.5 and 1.10 before 1.10.3 and 15.04 before 15.04.0 are vulnerable to users being able to delete their submitted page through URL manipulation.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2015. The weakness was released 11/03/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1000142 since 11/02/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 931 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.8.7, 1.9.5, 1.10.3 or 15.04.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-109110, VDB-109109, VDB-109108 and VDB-109107. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Mahara

Version

• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3
• 1.8.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.8.6
• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.10.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.10.2
• 15.03

License

• open-source

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