CVE-2017-9551 (GCVE-0-2017-9551)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-25 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.14 and 16.04 before 16.04.8 and 16.10 before 16.10.5 and 17.04 before 17.04.3 are vulnerable to a user submitting potential dangerous payload, e.g. XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr_registration table. The values are then emailed to the the user and administrator and if accepted become part of the new user's account.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8040 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1697308 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2017-09-11 00:00
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