What is CVE-2017-1000141?

CVE-2017-1000141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000141?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000141

An issue was discovered in Mahara before 18.10.0. It mishandled user requests that could discontinue a user's ability to maintain their own account (changing username, changing primary email address, deleting account). The correct behavior was to either prompt them for their password and/or send a warning to their primary email address.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Mahara
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000141?: CVE-2017-1000141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000141?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.