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CVE-2012-2351
The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to false, which allows remote SAML IdP servers to spoof users of other SAML IdP servers by using the same internal username.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/932909 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/f07be6020e70fa8f53cd77fdcd63e7fd7ff8aaea (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2467 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120511 CVE request: mahara (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120512 Re: CVE request: mahara (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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