CVE-2012-2243

Published: Nov 24, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.

Affected (15)

Products: Mahara: Mahara

Mahara

1 product

Mahara

Configuration A

9 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4.0
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4.1
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4.2
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4.3
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4.4
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4 rc1
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4 rc2
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4 rc3
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.4 rc4

Configuration B

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.5.0
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.5.1
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.5.2
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.5.3
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.5 rc1
Mahara Mahara	Version 1.5 rc2