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CVE-2013-4431

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% 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 prevent access to blocks, which allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary blocks via the bock id in an edit request.

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/1233500
• 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/1233500
• https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5753

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