Mahara up to 1.1.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mahara up to 1.1.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-0660. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mahara up to 1.1.1 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.0 before 1.0.10 and 1.1 before 1.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) profile and (2) blog, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0487.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0660 since 02/22/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35902 (Debian DSA-1736-1 : mahara - insufficient input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175160 (Debian Security Update for Mahara (DSA-1736)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49168), Tenable (35902), SecurityFocus (BID 34064†), OSVDB (52843†) and Secunia (SA34222†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 35902
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1736-1 : mahara - insufficient input sanitising
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OpenVAS ID: 63576
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1736-1 (mahara)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0660 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47092

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X-Force: 49168
SecurityFocus: 34064 - Mahara Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34222 - Mahara Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 52843 - Mahara Blog Functionality Unspecified XSS
Vulnerability Center: 21274 - Mahara User Profile Data or Blog Functionality Remote Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0665

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 05/03/2025 12:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (75), 08/30/2019 16:47 (4), 05/03/2025 12:07 (20)
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