CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1000154

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 03, 2017 | Modified: Nov 13, 2017
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.8 and 15.10 before 15.10.4 and 16.04 before 16.04.2 are vulnerable to some authentication methods, which do not use Maharas built-in login form, still allowing users to log in even if their institution was expired or suspended.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

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)
Mahara Mahara 15.04.7 (including) 15.04.7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References