CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1000156

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 03, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.9 and 15.10 before 15.10.5 and 16.04 before 16.04.3 are vulnerable to a groups configuration page being editable by any group member even when they didnt have the admin role.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MaharaMahara15.04-rc1 (including)15.04-rc1 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04-rc2 (including)15.04-rc2 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.0 (including)15.04.0 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.1 (including)15.04.1 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.2 (including)15.04.2 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.3 (including)15.04.3 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.4 (including)15.04.4 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.5 (including)15.04.5 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.6 (including)15.04.6 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.7 (including)15.04.7 (including)
MaharaMahara15.04.8 (including)15.04.8 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References