What is CVE-2021-29349?

CVE-2021-29349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2021-29349?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-29349 known to be exploited?

10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Mahara

CVE-2021-29349

Mahara 20.10 is affected by Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that allows a remote attacker to remove inbox-mail on the server. The application fails to validate the CSRF token for a POST request. An attacker can craft a module/multirecipientnotification/inbox.php pieform_delete_all_notifications request, which leads to removing all messages from a mailbox.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mahara — versions 20.10
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29349?: CVE-2021-29349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2021-29349?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-29349 known to be exploited?: 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.