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TI-2012-01997 Aliases CVE-2012-2243GHSA-hmf8-f4g7-v4wr

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before…

Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02854 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4 rc1VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4 rc2VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4 rc3VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4 rc4VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5 rc1VulnerableMahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 rc1 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 rc2 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 rc3 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 rc4 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 rc1 Vulnerable ·Mahara
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5 rc2VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.1VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.2VulnerableMahara
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.3VulnerableMahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 rc2 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.2 Vulnerable ·Mahara
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.3 Vulnerable ·Mahara

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-2243
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmf8-f4g7-v4wr

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2024-32112 An issue was discovered in Mahara 23.04.8 and 24.04.4. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-21886 Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-22209 Mahara 21.10 before 21.10.6, 22.04 before 22.04.4, and 22.10 before 22.10.1 deserializes… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26290 Supported versions of Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.1 and 23.04 before 23.04.6 are vulnerable… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-17772 In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, the account associated with a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-14488 Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.8 and 15.10 before 15.10.4 and 16.04 before 16.04.2 are… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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