XSS in Mahara

CVE-2024-45753

In Mahara 23.04.8 and 24.04.4, the external RSS feed block can cause XSS if the external feed XML has a malicious value for the link attribute.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-45753: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45753?
CVE-2024-45753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-45753?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45753 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.