CVE-2018-11195

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Mahara 17.04 before 17.04.8 and 17.10 before 17.10.5 and 18.04 before 18.04.1 are vulnerable to the browser "back and refresh" attack. This allows malicious users with physical access to the web browser of a Mahara user, after they have logged in, to potentially gain access to their Mahara credentials.

Affected products

mahara: from 17.04.0 before 17.04.8; from 17.10.0 before 17.10.5; 18.04.0 — fixed in 17.04.8, 17.10.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mahara 17.04.8, 17.10.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1770561
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8269
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1770561
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8269

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