CVE-2017-1000157 describes a vulnerability in Mahara versions 15.04 (before 15.04.13), 16.04 (before 16.04.7), 16.10 (before 16.10.4), and 17.04 (before 17.04.2) where user passwords could be logged in plaintext within the event_log table during user creation if full event logging was enabled. This vulnerability is rated Medium (CVSS 4.4) due to its high impact on confidentiality (C:H), allowing an attacker with high privileges (PR:H) to potentially access sensitive user credentials, though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), but it does not impact integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness and exploitation interest.
| 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:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.