CVE-2021-40849

moderate-risk

Published 2021-11-03

In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, the account associated with a web services token is vulnerable to being exploited and logged into, resulting in information disclosure (at a minimum) and often escalation of privileges.

Do I need to act?

0.43% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Fix available

Upgrade to: 84bc4a5c7030470a811a630b242066df098ec273, d294a69446e795dcbddf4e4929d597968bbdc4ef, 0c3426bf91635a3e33c4cda993af52318e123d9a

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Mahara

Affected Vendors

Mahara

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930469

Vendor Advisory https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8949

Vendor Advisory https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930469

Vendor Advisory https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8949

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 9/34 · Low