VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-17455
Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.60%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- mahara/mahara
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767Third Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150Vendor Advisory
- https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767Third Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150Vendor Advisory
- https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.