CVE-2013-4432

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 1.5.13, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 does not properly restrict access to folders, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary folders (1) by leveraging an active folder tab loaded before permissions were removed or (2) via the folder parameter to artefact/file/groupfiles.php.

Affected products

mahara: through 1.5.12; 1.5-rc1, 1.5-rc2, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3 (+20)

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/1034180
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5864
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/1034180
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5864

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