Auth bypass in Mahara
CVE-2012-2351
The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to false, which allows remote SAML IdP servers to spoof users of other SAML IdP servers by using the same internal username.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mahara — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/932909 (Issue Tracking)
- gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/f07be6020e70fa8f53cd77fdcd63e7fd7ff8aaea (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2467 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/9 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)