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CVE-2017-1000148

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000148 describes a critical vulnerability in Mahara versions 15.04 (before 15.04.8), 15.10 (before 15.10.4), and 16.04 (before 16.04.2). This flaw allows for PHP code execution due to the application improperly passing XML content through the PHP "unserialize()" function during skin imports. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.launchpad.net / mahara/+bug/1508684
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory