CVE-2012-2239

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 6.0
mahara: from 1.4.0 before 1.4.4; from 1.5.0 before 1.5.3 — fixed in 1.4.4, 1.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mahara 1.4.4, 1.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869

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