VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-43266
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.
HIGH 7.3EPSS 1.33%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- mahara/mahara
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527Third Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952Vendor Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527Third Party Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952Vendor Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.