CVE-2025-59308 (GCVE-0-2025-59308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-24 16:12
VLAI
Summary
In Mahara before 24.04.10 and 25 before 25.04.1, an institution administrator or institution support administrator on a multi-tenanted site can masquerade as an institution member in an institution for which they are not an administrator, if they also have the 'Site staff' role.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
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