Mahara up to 20.04.4/20.10.2/21.04.1/21.9.x Web Service privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 20.04.4/20.10.2/21.04.1/21.9.x. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Service Handler. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-40849. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 20.04.4/20.10.2/21.04.1/21.9.x (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Web Service Handler. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 11/03/2021. The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-40849 since 09/10/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2 or 21.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mahara 20.04.5/20.10.3/21.04.2/21.10.0

Timelineinfo

09/10/2021 🔍
11/03/2021 +54 days 🔍
11/03/2021 +0 days 🔍
11/06/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-185981

Entryinfo

Created: 11/03/2021 13:30
Updated: 11/06/2021 20:17
Changes: 11/03/2021 13:30 (38), 11/06/2021 20:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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