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CVE-2013-4432

Mahara before 1.5.13, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 does not properly restrict access to folders, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary folders (1) by leveraging an active folder tab loaded before permissions were removed or (2) via the folder parameter to artefact/file/groupfiles.php.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-4432 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mahara organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-05-19T14:55:08.563

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mahara	mahara	≤ 1.5.12	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
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.4	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.6	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.7	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.8	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.9	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.10	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.5.11	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.0	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.1	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.2	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.3	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.4	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.5	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.6	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.6.7	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.7.	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.7.0	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.7.1	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.7.2	Yes
Application	mahara	mahara	1.7.3	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/3 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/15/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/7 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1034180 ([email protected])
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5864 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/15/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1034180 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5864 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mahara's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.