Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2591-1 mahara security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2236 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

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Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.992Z

Reserved: 2012-04-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-2243

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-24T20:55:02.150

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2243

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