CVE-2013-1426

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Mahara before 1.5.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the TinyMCE editor.

Affected products

mahara: before 1.5.9; from 1.6.0 before 1.6.4 — fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mahara 1.5.9, 1.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1153423
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5365
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1426
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1153423
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5365
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1426

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