Mahara Admin Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:36893

Info

Mahara Admin Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36893
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-3298
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 29 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 07 2017 02:13PM
Credit: Ruslan Kabalin
Vulnerable: Mahara Mahara 1.1.6
Mahara Mahara 1.1.5
Mahara Mahara 1.1.4
Mahara Mahara 1.1.3
Mahara Mahara 1.1.2
Mahara Mahara 1.1.1
Mahara Mahara 1.0.12
Mahara Mahara 1.0.11
Mahara Mahara 1.0.10
Mahara Mahara 1.0.9
Mahara Mahara 1.0.8
Mahara Mahara 1.0.6
Mahara Mahara 1.0.5
Mahara Mahara 1.0.4
Mahara Mahara 1.0.3
Mahara Mahara 1.0.2
Mahara Mahara 1.0.1
Not Vulnerable: Mahara Mahara 1.1.7
Mahara Mahara 1.0.13

Discussion

Mahara Admin Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerability

Mahara is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because it fails to adequately restrict access to the password-reset feature.

An attacker can exploit this issue to reset the application's administrator password.

Versions prior to Mahara 1.0.13 and 1.1.7 are affected.

Exploit / POC

Mahara Admin Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

Solution / Fix

Mahara Admin Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for details.


Mahara Mahara 1.0.10

Mahara Mahara 1.0.11

Mahara Mahara 1.0.12

Mahara Mahara 1.0.2

Mahara Mahara 1.0.3

Mahara Mahara 1.0.4

Mahara Mahara 1.0.5

Mahara Mahara 1.0.6

Mahara Mahara 1.0.8

Mahara Mahara 1.0.9

Mahara Mahara 1.1.1

Mahara Mahara 1.1.2

Mahara Mahara 1.1.3

Mahara Mahara 1.1.4

Mahara Mahara 1.1.5

Mahara Mahara 1.1.6

References

Mahara Admin Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerability

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