Information disclosure in Mahara

CVE-2017-1000157

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.13 and 16.04 before 16.04.7 and 16.10 before 16.10.4 and 17.04 before 17.04.2 are vulnerable to recording plain text passwords in the event_log table during the user creation process if full event logging was turned on.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.3% 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-2017-1000157: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · 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-2017-1000157?
CVE-2017-1000157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000157?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.