Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.7 and 15.10 before 15.10.3 are vulnerable to prevent session IDs from being regenerated on login or logout. This makes users of the site more vulnerable to session fixation attacks.
Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04-rc1 (including) | 15.04-rc1 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04-rc2 (including) | 15.04-rc2 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.0 (including) | 15.04.0 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.1 (including) | 15.04.1 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.2 (including) | 15.04.2 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.3 (including) | 15.04.3 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.4 (including) | 15.04.4 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.5 (including) | 15.04.5 (including) |
| Mahara | Mahara | 15.04.6 (including) | 15.04.6 (including) |
Such a scenario is commonly observed when: