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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2771

Original release date:11/15/2011

Last revised:11/15/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara before 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) URI attributes and (2) the External Feed component, as demonstrated by the guid element in an RSS feed.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.4.1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.4.1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/798136

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/798136

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2334

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2334

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.2.6-2+squeeze3.debian.tar.gz

Hyperlink:http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.2.6-2+squeeze3.debian.tar.gz

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46719

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46719

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.9

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.5

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.6

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.5

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.8

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:rc2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.7

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.0

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:0.9.1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:0.9.2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.12

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.0

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.10

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:alpha1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:alpha2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.6

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:alpha3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.13

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.6

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.5

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.11

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.9

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:alpha1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:alpha2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.14

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.0.15

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.7

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.1.8

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:0.9.0

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:alpha3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.2.5

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.6

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.3.7

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc1

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc2

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc3

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc4

* cpe:/a:mahara:mahara:1.4.0 and previous versions

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2771