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

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.5% 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-2017-1000148: held from 0.014 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.002

Affected products

  • Mahara — versions 15.04, 15.04.0, 15.04.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.