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.

Published 2022-11-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Mahara — versions 22.10.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

References

bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1979575 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php (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.