CVE-2022-29585

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
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: none known
Published: 2022-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

In Mahara before 20.10.5, 21.04.4, 21.10.2, and 22.04.0, a site using Isolated Institutions is vulnerable if more than ten groups are used. They are all shown from page 2 of the group results list (rather than only being shown for the institution that the viewer is a member of).

Affected products

mahara: before 20.10.5; from 21.04.0 before 21.04.4; from 21.10.0 before 21.10.2; 22.04.0-rc1 — fixed in 20.10.5, 21.04.4, 21.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mahara 20.10.5, 21.04.4, 21.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1922226
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9093
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1922226
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9093

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