What is CVE-2024-39923?

CVE-2024-39923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-39923?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Mahara

CVE-2024-39923

An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (16.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39923?: CVE-2024-39923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-39923?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.