What is CVE-2017-1000146?

CVE-2017-1000146 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-2017-1000146?

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

XSS in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000146

Mahara 1.9 before 1.9.7 and 1.10 before 1.10.5 and 15.04 before 15.04.2 are vulnerable to the arbitrary execution of Javascript in the browser of a logged-in user because the title of the portfolio page was not being properly escaped in the AJAX script that updates the Add/remove watchlist link on artefact detail pages.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th 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 1.9, 1.9.0, 1.9.1
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-2017-1000146?: CVE-2017-1000146 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-2017-1000146?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.