CVE-2011-1402

Description

Mahara before 1.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and suspend a user account, edit a view, visit a view, edit a plan artefact, read a plans block, read a plan artefact, edit a blog, read a blog block, read a blog artefact, or access a block, via a request associated with (1) admin/users/search.json.php, (2) view/newviewtoken.json.php, (3) lib/mahara.php, (4) artefact/plans/tasks.json.php, (5) artefact/plans/viewtasks.json.php, (6) artefact/blog/view/index.json.php, (7) artefact/blog/posts.json.php, or (8) blocktype/myfriends/myfriends.json.php, related to incorrect privilege enforcement, a missing user id check, and incorrect enforcement of the Overriding Start/Stop Dates setting.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.84% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.3.6 patch
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771637 patch
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771623 patch
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771614 patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67397 vdb entry
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/746182 patch
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771592 patch
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771644 patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67396 vdb entry
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/772140 patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47798 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/44433 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771653 patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2246 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1402?
CVE-2011-1402 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1402?
To fix CVE-2011-1402, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1402 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-1402 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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