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CVE-2011-1406

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Mahara before 1.3.6 does not properly handle an https URL in the wwwroot configuration setting, which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to obtain credentials by sniffing the network at a time when an http URL is used for a login.

Affected products

• mahara: through 1.3.5; 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 (+58)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2246
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67400
• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/685942
• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.3.6
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2246
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67400
• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/685942
• https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.3.6

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