What is CVE-2017-17455?

CVE-2017-17455 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-17455?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mahara

CVE-2017-17455

Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.006 (46.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mahara
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17455?: CVE-2017-17455 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-17455?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.