CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-43266
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-11-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, exporting collections via PDF export could lead to code execution via shell metacharacters in a collection name. Additional, in Mahara before 20.10.4, 21.04.3, and 21.10.1, exporting collections via PDF export could cause code execution
Affected configurations
• mahara mahara (>= 20.04.0 < 20.04.5)
• mahara mahara (>= 20.10.0 < 20.10.3)
• mahara mahara (>= 21.04.0 < 21.04.2)
• mahara mahara (>= 20.10.0 < 20.10.4)
• mahara mahara (>= 21.04.0 < 21.04.3)
• mahara mahara (>= 21.10.0 < 21.10.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527 Third Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952 Vendor Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527 Third Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952 Vendor Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995 Vendor Advisory