CVE-2017-17455

Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.

CVSS v3 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767	Third Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150	Vendor Advisory
https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-20 22:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2017-17455

Mitre link : CVE-2017-17455

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-17455

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mahara

mahara

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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