MEDIUM
Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present
Published Feb 20, 2018
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.60%
Description
Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
5.9 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.60% 0.00605
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00605
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00605) | 47.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00605) | 47.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 38.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 38.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 35.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 20, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 6, 2017
Link CVE-2017-17455
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a