What is CVE-2017-1000148?

CVE-2017-1000148 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000148?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000148

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.8 and 15.10 before 15.10.4 and 16.04 before 16.04.2 are vulnerable to PHP code execution as Mahara would pass portions of the XML through the PHP "unserialize()" function when importing a skin from an XML file.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mahara — versions 15.04, 15.04.0, 15.04.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000148?: CVE-2017-1000148 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000148?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.