CVE-2019-9708

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
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: yes
Published: 2019-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in Mahara 17.10 before 17.10.8, 18.04 before 18.04.4, and 18.10 before 18.10.1. A site administrator can suspend the system user (root), causing all users to be locked out from the system.

Affected products

mahara: from 17.10.0 before 17.10.8; from 18.04.0 before 18.04.4; from 18.10.0 before 18.10.1 — fixed in 17.10.8, 18.04.4, 18.10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mahara 17.10.8, 18.04.4, 18.10.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1817221
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8445
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1817221
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8445

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