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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.