What is CVE-2012-2239?

CVE-2012-2239 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2012-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2012-2239?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

XXE in Mahara

CVE-2012-2239

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mahara
Debian Debian_linux — versions 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2239?: CVE-2012-2239 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2012-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2012-2239?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.