Mahara up to 1.5.3 CSRF Protection input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mahara up to 1.5.3. This affects an unknown part of the component CSRF protection. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-2246. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 1.5.3 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CSRF Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks to delete arbitrary users and bypass CSRF protection via account/delete.php.

The weakness was presented 11/24/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mahara.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2246 since 04/16/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63341 (Debian DSA-2591-1 : mahara - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79273), Tenable (63341), SecurityFocus (BID 56713†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38019†). See VDB-63047, VDB-63045, VDB-63044 and VDB-63042 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 63341
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2591-1 : mahara - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 892591
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2591-1 (mahara - several vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mahara 1.5.0

Timelineinfo

04/16/2012 🔍
09/27/2012 +164 days 🔍
09/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
11/24/2012 +58 days 🔍
11/24/2012 +0 days 🔍
01/14/2013 +51 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +799 days 🔍
12/20/2021 +2463 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: DSA-2591
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2246 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2246
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63043

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X-Force: 79273
SecurityFocus: 56713 - Mahara Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 38019 - Mahara Allows Remote Clickjacking Attacks to Delete Arbitrary Users and Bypass CSRF Protection, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/20/2021 13:44
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (65), 04/23/2017 14:17 (5), 12/20/2021 13:33 (3), 12/20/2021 13:39 (1), 12/20/2021 13:44 (2)
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