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CVE-2012-2237
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject…
Medium6.1EPSS 2.9%
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- debian
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript innerHTML as used when generating login forms, (2) links or (3) resources URLs, and (4) the Display name in a user profile.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- Cross-Site Scripting
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Mahara · Mahara
- affected 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2
References (5)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009774 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009777 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009784 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4748 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .