Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.15, 16.04 before 16.04.9, 16.10 before 16.10.6, and 17.04 before 17.04.4 are vulnerable to a user submitting a potential dangerous payload, e.g., XSS code, to be saved as their first name, last name, or display name in the profile fields that can cause issues such as escalation of privileges or unknown execution of malicious code when replying to messages in Mahara
Published Oct 31, 2017
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.67%
Description
Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.15, 16.04 before 16.04.9, 16.10 before 16.10.6, and 17.04 before 17.04.4 are vulnerable to a user submitting a potential dangerous payload, e.g., XSS code, to be saved as their first name, last name, or display name in the profile fields that can cause issues such as escalation of privileges or unknown execution of malicious code when replying to messages in Mahara.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 15.04
- 15.04
- 15.04.0
- 15.04.1
- 15.04.2
- 15.04.3
- 15.04.4
- 15.04.5
- 15.04.6
- 15.04.7
- 15.04.8
- 15.04.9
- 15.04.10
- 15.04.11
- 15.04.12
- 15.04.13
- 15.04.14
Configuration 2
- 16.04
- 16.04
- 16.04.0
- 16.04.1
- 16.04.2
- 16.04.3
- 16.04.4
- 16.04.5
- 16.04.6
- 16.04.7
- 16.04.8
Configuration 3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.67% (0.00669) | 50.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.67% (0.00669) | 50.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 21.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 19.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 75.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 28.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 20.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1719491 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1719491 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.