CVE-2013-1426 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Mahara before 1.5.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the TinyMCE editor.

Published: 2019-11-07

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

mahara

mahara

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.5.9`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-1464	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Mahara before 1.5.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the TinyMCE editor.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1153423
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5365
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1426

History

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Subscriptions

Mahara Mahara

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2019-11-07T20:46:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:04:48.401Z

Reserved: 2013-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1426

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-07T21:15:10.533

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:51:24.940

Link: CVE-2013-1426

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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