Mahara HTML Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

BID:27348

Info

Mahara HTML Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27348
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0381
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 18 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: The vendor reported these issues.
Vulnerable: Mahara Mahara 0.9
Not Vulnerable: Mahara Mahara 0.9.1

Discussion

Mahara HTML Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Mahara is prone to an arbitrary-file-upload vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to upload and execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected webserver process.

This issue affects Mahara 0.9.0 and prior versions.

Exploit / POC

Mahara HTML Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

Mahara HTML Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Mahara Mahara 0.9

References

Mahara HTML Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

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