CVE-2019-9708 is a vulnerability in Mahara versions 17.10 prior to 17.10.8, 18.04 prior to 18.04.4, and 18.10 prior to 18.10.1, allowing a site administrator to suspend the system user (root), leading to a complete lockout for all users. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a high impact on availability with no confidentiality or integrity impact, and requires high privileges to exploit over a network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 17.10.0, < 17.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.04.0, < 18.04.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.10.0, < 18.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.