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Mahara Multiple Vulnerabilities (Apr 2011)

🗓️ 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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Mahara XSS and CSRF Vulnerabilities in versions 1.2.x and 1.3.x allow attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML in a user's browser session, and perform actions via HTTP requests without validity checks, leading to the insertion of arbitrary HTML and script code

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901199");
  script_version("2025-08-26T05:39:52+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-26 05:39:52 +0000 (Tue, 26 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-04-01 15:39:52 +0200 (Fri, 01 Apr 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0439", "CVE-2011-0440");

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

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

  script_name("Mahara Multiple Vulnerabilities (Apr 2011)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 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 multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) and
  cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary web
  script or HTML in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:

  - The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing
  any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to delete blog posts by
  tricking a logged in administrative user into visiting a malicious web site.

  - Certain input passed via Pieform select box options is not properly sanitised before being
  displayed to the user. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mahara version 1.2.x prior to 1.2.7 and 1.3.x prior to
  1.3.4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.2.7, 1.3.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/43858");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47033");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=3205");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=3206");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=3208");

  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(version: version, test_version: "1.3.0", test_version2 :"1.3.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.3.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "1.2.0", test_version2: "1.2.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version,  fixed_version: "1.2.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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