CVE-2012-2243

CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.

Affected Products
15
Vendor Product Version
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4.0
mahara mahara 1.4.1
mahara mahara 1.4.2
mahara mahara 1.4.3
mahara mahara 1.4.4
mahara mahara 1.5
mahara mahara 1.5
mahara mahara 1.5.0
mahara mahara 1.5.1
mahara mahara 1.5.2
mahara mahara 1.5.3
Weakness Types
CWE-79
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2012-2243
Published:
2012-11-24
Modified:
2026-04-29
CVSS Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected Vendors
mahara
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL