What is CVE-2018-11195?

CVE-2018-11195 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-11195?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Mahara

CVE-2018-11195

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 are vulnerable to the browser "back and refresh" attack. This allows malicious users with physical access to the web browser of a Mahara user, after they have logged in, to potentially gain access to their Mahara credentials.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mahara — versions 18.04.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1770561 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11195?: CVE-2018-11195 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-11195?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.