CVE-2012-2239 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.

Published: 2012-11-24

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2591-1	mahara security update

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00352.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Mahara Mahara

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2012-11-24T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.975Z

Reserved: 2012-04-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2239

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-24T20:55:02.087

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2239

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-611

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