CVE-2009-3298

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Mahara before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, allows remote authenticated institution administrators to reset a site administrator password via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

mahara: through 1.0.12; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+21)

References

http://eduforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=546
http://eduforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=547
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=1169
http://secunia.com/advisories/37217
http://secunia.com/advisories/37218
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1924
http://www.osvdb.org/59584
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36893
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3101
http://eduforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=546
http://eduforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=547
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=1169

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