CVE-2012-2237

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript innerHTML as used when generating login forms, (2) links or (3) resources URLs, and (4) the Display name in a user profile.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 6.0
mahara: from 1.4.0 before 1.4.3; from 1.5.0 before 1.5.2 — fixed in 1.4.3, 1.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mahara 1.4.3, 1.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2540
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009774
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009777
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009784
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4748
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2540
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009774
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009777
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009784
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4748

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