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CVE-2013-4429

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Mahara before 1.5.12, 1.6.x before 1.6.7, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly restrict access to artefacts, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary artefacts via the (1) artefact id in an upload action when creating a journal or (2) instconf_artefactid_selected[ID] parameter in an upload action when editing a block.

Affected products

• mahara: through 1.5.11; 1.5-rc1, 1.5-rc2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3 (+17)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/15/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/7
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1211758
• https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5753
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/15/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/7
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1211758
• https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5753

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