Mahara up to 22.10.3/23.04.3 Experimental HTML Bulk Export information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mahara up to 22.10.3/23.04.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Experimental HTML Bulk Export. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-47799. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mahara up to 22.10.3/23.04.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Experimental HTML Bulk Export. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mahara before 22.10.4 and 23.x before 23.04.4 allows information disclosure if the experimental HTML bulk export is used via the administration interface or via the CLI, and the resulting export files are given to the account holders. They may contain images of other account holders because the cache is not cleared after the files of one account are exported.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.mahara.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-47799 since 11/10/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 22.10.4 or 23.04.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.mahara.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mahara 22.10.4/23.04.4
Patch: git.mahara.org

Timelineinfo

11/10/2023 CVE reserved
08/25/2025 +653 days Advisory disclosed
08/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/05/2025 +11 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: git.mahara.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-47799 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-47799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321283

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2025 16:17
Updated: 09/05/2025 21:54
Changes: 08/25/2025 16:17 (56), 09/05/2025 21:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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