What is CVE-2017-1000156?

CVE-2017-1000156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000156?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000156

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.9 and 15.10 before 15.10.5 and 16.04 before 16.04.3 are vulnerable to a group's configuration page being editable by any group member even when they didn't have the admin role.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000156?: CVE-2017-1000156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000156?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.