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Mahara 24.04 < 24.04.2, 23.04 < 23.04.7 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Mahara XSS vulnerability affects 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7; update to fixed versions.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mahara:mahara";

if( description )
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.133051");
  script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-08-27 06:15:34 +0000 (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-39923");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Mahara 24.04 < 24.04.2, 23.04 < 23.04.7 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_mahara_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mahara/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mahara is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The about, contact, and help footer links can be set up to be
  vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only
  be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mahara version 24.04 prior to 24.04.2 and 23.04 prior to
  23.04.7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 24.04.2, 23.04.7 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9546");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "24.04", test_version_up: "24.04.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "24.04.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "23.04", test_version_up: "23.04.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "23.04.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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