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

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.8% 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-2017-1000156: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Mahara — versions 15.04, 15.04.0, 15.04.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.