CVE-2021-40849 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mahara versions prior to 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit web services tokens to gain unauthorized access to user accounts, leading to information disclosure and potential privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.04.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 20.10.0, < 20.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 21.04.0, < 21.04.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:21.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:21.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.