CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2239

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2012-11-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-11-24
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mahara mahara (>= 1.4.0 < 1.4.4) • mahara mahara (>= 1.5.0 < 1.5.3) • debian debian linux 6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References