VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-44544
Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-250
- Affected
- mahara/mahara
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1979575Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9198Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1979575Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9198Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.