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CVE-2012-2239

Date: November 24, 2012

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-2239
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2239
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2239

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Code Injection

CWE-94

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

CWE-611

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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