CVE-2012-2237 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript innerHTML as used when generating login forms, (2) links or (3) resources URLs, and (4) the Display name in a user profile

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript innerHTML as used when generating login forms, (2) links or (3) resources URLs, and (4) the Display name in a user profile

Published Nov 13, 2019

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 2.87%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript innerHTML as used when generating login forms, (2) links or (3) resources URLs, and (4) the Display name in a user profile.

Affected products

Vendor Mahara Product Mahara Default
n/a
- Version
  1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Mahara

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.87% 0.02867

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02867

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.87% (0.02867)	86.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.87% (0.02867)	84.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 20, 2025	6.62% (0.06623)	90.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.15% (0.05145)	89.13th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.54% (0.00544)	78.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 28, 2024	0.95% (0.00951)	83.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.78% (0.00783)	81.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 8, 2024	1.01% (0.01006)	81.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.11% (0.01108)	82.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.17% (0.02173)	80.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.17% (0.02173)	79.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.17% (0.02173)	57.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (5)

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2540
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009774
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009777
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009784
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4748
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2540		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009774		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009777		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009784		x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4748		x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory