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Mahara Information Disclosure Vulnerability

🗓️ 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 SecPodType 
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Mahara Information Disclosure Vulnerability. Successful exploitation will allow attacker to gain sensitive information in the affected web application. The application fails to apply permission checks when saving a view that contains artefacts, which allows remote authenticated users to read another user's artefact. Upgrade to Mahara version 1.1.5 or later. This host is running Mahara and is prone to Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_mahara_info_disc_vuln.nasl 5055 2017-01-20 14:08:39Z teissa $
#
# Mahara Information Disclosure Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Sharath S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow attacker to gain sensitive information
  in the affected web application.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Mahara version 1.1 before 1.1.5";
tag_insight = "- The application fails to apply permission checks when saving a view that 
    contains artefacts, which allows remote authenticated users to read
    another user's artefact.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Mahara version 1.1.5 or later
  https://eduforge.org/projects/mahara/";
tag_summary = "This host is running Mahara and is prone to Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(900383);
  script_version("$Revision: 5055 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-20 15:08:39 +0100 (Fri, 20 Jan 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-26 07:55:21 +0200 (Fri, 26 Jun 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2171");
  script_name("Mahara Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=753");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("secpod_mahara_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  exit(0);
}


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

maharaPort = get_http_port(default:80);
if(!maharaPort){
  exit(0);
}

maharaVer = get_kb_item("www/"+ maharaPort + "/Mahara");
if(!maharaVer){
  exit(0);
}

ver = eregmatch(pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$", string:maharaVer);
if(ver[1] != NULL)
{
  # Check for Mahara version 1.1 < 1.1.5
  if(version_in_range(version:ver[1], test_version:"1.1",
                                      test_version2:"1.1.4")){
    security_message(maharaPort);
  }
}

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