What is CVE-2017-1000140?

CVE-2017-1000140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000140?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000140

Mahara 1.8 before 1.8.7 and 1.9 before 1.9.5 and 1.10 before 1.10.3 and 15.04 before 15.04.0 are vulnerable to a maliciously created .xml file that can have its code executed when user tries to download the file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mahara — versions 1.8, 1.8.0, 1.8.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000140?: CVE-2017-1000140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000140?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.