What is CVE-2022-44544?

CVE-2022-44544 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-44544?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mahara

CVE-2022-44544

Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mahara — versions 22.10.0
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 18.04
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44544?: CVE-2022-44544 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-44544?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.