Mahara up to 17.10.7/18.04.3/18.10.0 Collection Title cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mahara up to 17.10.7/18.04.3/18.10.0 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Collection Title Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-9709. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mahara up to 17.10.7/18.04.3/18.10.0 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Collection Title Handler. 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:

An issue was discovered in Mahara 17.10 before 17.10.8, 18.04 before 18.04.4, and 18.10 before 18.10.1. The collection title is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not escaping it when viewing the collection's SmartEvidence overview page (if that feature is turned on). This can be exploited by any logged-in user.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2019. The weakness was presented 05/07/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-9709 since 03/11/2019. 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 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 17.10.8, 18.04.4 or 18.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-134472 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Mahara

Version

• 17.10.0
• 17.10.1
• 17.10.2
• 17.10.3
• 17.10.4
• 17.10.5
• 17.10.6
• 17.10.7
• 18.0
• 18.04.0
• 18.04.1
• 18.04.2
• 18.04.3
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.3
• 18.4
• 18.5
• 18.6
• 18.7
• 18.8
• 18.9
• 18.10.0

License

• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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