CVE-2025-61872

Published: Apr 24, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.1

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 2.7

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

Mahara before 25.04.2 and 24.04.11 are vulnerable to displaying results that can trigger XSS via a malicious search query string. This occurs in the 'search site' feature when using the Elasticsearch7 search plugin. The Elasticsearch function does not properly sanitize input in the query parameter.

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (2)

https://mahara.org

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9851

Source: cve@mitre.org

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