CVE-2017-14752

Summary

CVE	CVE-2017-14752
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2017-10-31 18:29:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	5.4	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	3.5		`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04	rc1	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04	rc2	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.0	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.1	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.10	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.11	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.12	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.13	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.14	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.2	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.3	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.4	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.5	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.6	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.7	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.8	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	15.04.9	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04	rc1	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04	rc2	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.0	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.1	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.2	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.3	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.4	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.5	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.6	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.7	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.04.8	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10	rc1	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10	rc2	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10.0	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10.1	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10.2	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10.3	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10.4	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	16.10.5	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	17.04	rc1	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	17.04	rc2	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	17.04.0	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	17.04.1	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	17.04.2	All	All	All
Application	Mahara	Mahara	17.04.3	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Bug #1719491 “Avoid saving firstname / lastname / preferredname ...” : Bugs : Mahara	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	bugs.launchpad.net	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

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