Mahara up to 1.1.2 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mahara up to 1.1.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0664. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mahara up to 1.1.2 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.0.x before 1.0.11 and 1.1.x before 1.1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the introduction field in a user profile or (2) an arbitrary text block in a user view.

The weakness was presented 04/22/2009 with Debian (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0664 since 02/22/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36843 (Debian DSA-1778-1 : mahara - insufficient input sanitization), 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 175202 (Debian Security Update for Mahara (DSA-1778)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50122), Tenable (36843), SecurityFocus (BID 34677†), OSVDB (53891†) and Secunia (SA34789†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 36843
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1778-1 : mahara - insufficient input sanitization
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OpenVAS ID: 63888
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1778-1 (mahara)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mahara 1.1.0

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Organization: Debian
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47883

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X-Force: 50122
SecurityFocus: 34677 - Mahara User Profile Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 34789
OSVDB: 53891 - Mahara Introduction User Profile Field XSS
Vulnerability Center: 21868 - Mahara 1.0-1.0.10 and 1.1-1.1.2 User Profile Remote Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/27/2025 07:26
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (64), 09/02/2019 16:38 (15), 04/27/2025 07:26 (20)
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