What is CVE-2019-9709?

CVE-2019-9709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-9709?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Mahara

CVE-2019-9709

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. The collection title is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not escaping it when viewing the collection's SmartEvidence overview page (if that feature is turned on). This can be exploited by any logged-in user.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mahara
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9709?: CVE-2019-9709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-9709?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.