XSS in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000144

Mahara 1.9 before 1.9.6 and 1.10 before 1.10.4 and 15.04 before 15.04.1 are vulnerable to a site admin or institution admin being able to place HTML and Javascript into an institution display name, which will be displayed to other users unescaped on some Mahara system pages.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-1000144: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Mahara — versions 1.9, 1.9.0, 1.9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000144?
CVE-2017-1000144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000144?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.