Mahara up to 24.04.9/25.04.0 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Mahara up to 24.04.9/25.04.0. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-59308. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 24.04.9/25.04.0. It has been rated as problematic. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In Mahara before 24.04.10 and 25 before 25.04.1, an institution administrator or institution support administrator on a multi-tenanted site can masquerade as an institution member in an institution for which they are not an administrator, if they also have the 'Site staff' role.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-59308 since 09/12/2025. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 24.04.10 or 25.04.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Mahara 24.04.10/25.04.1

Timelineinfo

09/12/2025 CVE reserved
04/24/2026 +224 days Advisory disclosed
04/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-59308 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59308
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-359486

Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2026 19:05
Changes: 04/24/2026 19:05 (51)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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