CSRF in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000147

Mahara 1.9 before 1.9.8 and 1.10 before 1.10.6 and 15.04 before 15.04.3 are vulnerable to perform a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack on the uploader contained in Mahara's filebrowser widget. This could allow an attacker to trick a Mahara user into unknowingly uploading malicious files into their Mahara account.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Mahara — versions 1.9, 1.9.0, 1.9.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000147?
CVE-2017-1000147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000147?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.