Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.14 and 16.04 before 16.04.8 and 16.10 before 16.10.5 and 17.04 before 17.04.3 are vulnerable to a user submitting potential dangerous payload, e.g. XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr_registration table. The values are then emailed to the the user and administrator and if accepted become part of the new user's account.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18482 Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.14 and 16.04 before 16.04.8 and 16.10 before 16.10.5 and 17.04 before 17.04.3 are vulnerable to a user submitting potential dangerous payload, e.g. XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr_registration table. The values are then emailed to the the user and administrator and if accepted become part of the new user's account.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:11:02.148Z

Reserved: 2017-06-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9551

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-25T16:29:00.507

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-9551

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