CVE-2017-17455 describes a vulnerability in Mahara versions 16.10.x before 16.10.7, 17.04.x before 17.04.5, and 17.10.x before 17.10.2, where a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacker can force a user's connection to downgrade from HTTPS to HTTP, even when an SSL certificate is present. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to a high impact on confidentiality due to unencrypted communication. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 16.10.0, < 16.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.04.0, < 17.04.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.10.0, < 17.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.