CVE-2012-2253

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2253
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-24 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in group/members.php in Mahara 1.5.x before 1.5.7 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5 rc1 All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5 rc2 All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5.0 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5.2 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5.3 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5.4 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.5.6 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.6.0 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 1.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcements - Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability < 1.5.7, < 1.6.2 - Mahara ePortfolio System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mahara.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA51404 - Mahara &quot;query&quot; Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2591-1 mahara af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug #1079498 “group member search not sanitised” : Bugs : Mahara af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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