Mahara up to 15.04.9/15.10.5/16.04.3 Password Reset Link access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mahara up to 15.04.9/15.10.5/16.04.3. This affects an unknown function of the component Password Reset Link. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-1000153. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mahara up to 15.04.9/15.10.5/16.04.3 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Password Reset Link. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.10 and 15.10 before 15.10.6 and 16.04 before 16.04.4 are vulnerable to incorrect access control after the password reset link is sent via email and then user changes default email, Mahara fails to invalidate old link.Consequently the link in email can be used to gain access to the user's account.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2016. The weakness was disclosed 11/03/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1000153 since 11/02/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 374 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 15.04.10, 15.10.6 or 16.04.4 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
• 15.10.0
• 15.10.1
• 15.10.2
• 15.10.3
• 15.10.4
• 15.10.5
• 16.04.0
• 16.04.1
• 16.04.2
• 16.04.3

License

• open-source

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