What is CVE-2019-9708?

CVE-2019-9708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-9708?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mahara

CVE-2019-9708

An issue was discovered in Mahara 17.10 before 17.10.8, 18.04 before 18.04.4, and 18.10 before 18.10.1. A site administrator can suspend the system user (root), causing all users to be locked out from the system.

Published 2019-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mahara

References

bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1817221 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9708?: CVE-2019-9708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-9708?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.