VDB-69728 · CVE-2013-4431 · GCVE-0-2013-4431

Mahara up to 1.7.2 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mahara. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-4431. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mahara before 1.5.12, 1.6.x before 1.6.7, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly prevent access to blocks, which allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary blocks via the bock id in an edit request.

The weakness was presented 05/19/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mahara.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-4431 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 1.5.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-69726 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Name

Mahara

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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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 1.5.6

Timelineinfo

06/12/2013 🔍
05/19/2014 +341 days 🔍
05/19/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +310 days 🔍
03/09/2019 +1445 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mahara.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4431 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4431
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69728
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/09/2019 20:20
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (47), 03/09/2019 20:20 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:D29:103

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