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)

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mahara

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819547 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php (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.