FKIE_CVE-2009-2171

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-06-23 16:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:08
Severity
Summary
Mahara 1.1 before 1.1.5 does not apply permission checks when saving a view that contains artefacts, which allows remote authenticated users to read another user's artefact.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=753Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=753Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mahara mahara 1.1
mahara mahara 1.1.1
mahara mahara 1.1.2
mahara mahara 1.1.3
mahara mahara 1.1.4
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