CVE-2012-2239

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.

Mahara v1.4.x anterior a v1.4.4 y v1.5.x anterior a v1.5.3 permite a atacantes remotos leer archivos arbitrarios o crear conexiones TCP a través de un ataque de inyección en una entidad XML externa (XXE), como se demuestra por la lectura de config.php.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-04-16 CVE Reserved
2012-11-24 CVE Published
2024-02-15 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111	2024-02-15

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591	2024-02-15
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869	2024-02-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mahara Search vendor "Mahara"		Mahara Search vendor "Mahara" for product "Mahara"				>= 1.4.0 < 1.4.4 Search vendor "Mahara" for product "Mahara" and version " >= 1.4.0 < 1.4.4"		-		Affected
Mahara Search vendor "Mahara"		Mahara Search vendor "Mahara" for product "Mahara"				>= 1.5.0 < 1.5.3 Search vendor "Mahara" for product "Mahara" and version " >= 1.5.0 < 1.5.3"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected