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CVE-2012-2243

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.

Published

2012-11-24T20:55:02.150

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mahara mahara 1.4 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4.0 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4.1 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4.2 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4.3 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.4.4 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.5 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.5 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.5.0 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.5.1 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.5.2 Yes
Application mahara mahara 1.5.3 Yes
References